In order to monitor Memcached, we will use a third-party package called django-memcache-status. This app displays statistics for your Memcached instances in the administration site. Install it with the following command:
pip install django-memcache-status==1.3
Edit the settings.py file and add 'memcache_status' to the INSTALLED_APPS setting:
INSTALLED_APPS = [ # ... 'memcache_status',]
Make sure Memcached is running, start the development server in another shell window, and open http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ in your browser. Log in to the administration site using a superuser. You should see the following block:
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