bitnami/memcached-exporter

Bitnami Secure Image for Memcached Exporter

The memcached exporter exports metrics from a memcached server for consumption by prometheus.

https://github.com/prometheus/memcached_exporter Trademarks: This software listing is packaged by Bitnami. The respective trademarks mentioned in the offering are owned by the respective companies, and use of them does not imply any affiliation or endorsement.

TL;DR

console
docker run --name memcached-exporter REGISTRY_NAME/bitnami/memcached-exporter:latest

Note: You need to substitute the REGISTRY_NAME placeholder with a reference to your container registry.

Why use a non-root container?

Non-root container images add an extra layer of security and are generally recommended for production environments. However, because they run as a non-root user, privileged tasks are typically off-limits. Learn more about non-root containers https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu/application-catalog/tanzu-application-catalog/services/tac-doc/apps-tutorials-work-with-non-root-containers-index.html.

Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu/application-catalog/tanzu-application-catalog/services/tac-doc/apps-tutorials-understand-rolling-tags-containers-index.html.

Get this image

The recommended way to get the Bitnami Memcached Exporter Docker Image is to pull the prebuilt image from the https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/memcached-exporter.

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docker pull REGISTRY_NAME/bitnami/memcached-exporter:latest

To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/memcached-exporter/tags/ in the Docker Hub Registry.

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docker pull REGISTRY_NAME/bitnami/memcached-exporter:[TAG]

If you wish, you can also build the image yourself by cloning the repository, changing to the directory containing the Dockerfile and executing the docker build command. Remember to replace the APP, VERSION and OPERATING-SYSTEM path placeholders in the example command below with the correct values.

console
git clone https://github.com/bitnami/containers.git
cd bitnami/APP/VERSION/OPERATING-SYSTEM
docker build -t REGISTRY_NAME/bitnami/APP:latest .

Connecting to other containers

Using https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/networking/, a different server running inside a container can easily be accessed by your application containers and vice-versa.

Containers attached to the same network can communicate with each other using the container name as the hostname.

Using the Command Line

Step 1: Create a network

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docker network create memcached-exporter-network --driver bridge

Step 2: Launch the memcached-exporter container within your network

Use the --network <NETWORK> argument to the docker run command to attach the container to the memcached-exporter-network network.

console
docker run --name memcached-exporter-node1 --network memcached-exporter-network REGISTRY_NAME/bitnami/memcached-exporter:latest

Step 3: Run another containers

We can launch another containers using the same flag (--network NETWORK) in the docker run command. If you also set a name to your container, you will be able to use it as hostname in your network.

Configuration

Find all the configuration flags by executing the container with the --help flag:

console
docker run --rm bitnami/memcached-exporter --help

You can also find more information in https://github.com/prometheus/memcached_exporter.

Logging

The Bitnami Memcached Exporter Docker image sends the container logs to stdout. To view the logs:

console
docker logs memcached-exporter

You can configure the containers https://docs.docker.com/engine/admin/logging/overview/ using the --log-driver option if you wish to consume the container logs differently. In the default configuration docker uses the json-file driver.

Notable Changes

Starting April 22, 2025

• The bitnami/memcached-exporter is now based on scratch, meaning that the container image only contains the memcached_exporter binary and its license files.

Starting January 16, 2024

• The docker-compose.yaml file has been removed, as it was solely intended for internal testing purposes.

License

Copyright © 2026 Broadcom. The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.