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Memcached
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The memcached plugin is a mechanism for writing data to a memcached cluster.



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Installation
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The preferred method of installation is to utilize the `Confluent Hub Client <https://docs.confluent.io/current/connect/managing/confluent-hub/client.html>`_.

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Confluent Hub
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The plugin is hosted on the `Confluent Hub <https://www.confluent.io/hub/jcustenborder/kafka-connect-memcached>`_. Installation through the
`Confluent Hub Client <https://docs.confluent.io/current/connect/managing/confluent-hub/client.html>`_ is simple. Use the following command line.


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    confluent-hub install jcustenborder/kafka-connect-memcached:latest


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Manual Installation
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#. Compile the source code with `mvn clean package`
#. Create a subdirectory called `kafka-connect-memcached` under the `plugin.path` on your connect worker.
#. Extract the contents of the zip file from `target/components/packages/` to the directory you created in the previous step.
#. Restart the connect worker.