Memcached Question - Authenticated Users?

[Nick Pearson]

I've not used the memcache module, but in general, what you are asking
should be possible using the following:

  location / {
    set $logged_in "no";
    if ($http_cookie ~* "logged_in=yes") {
      set $logged_in "yes";
    }
    if ($logged_in = "yes") {
      proxy_pass  http://app_server;
      break;
    }
    # otherwise, serve a cached page here
  }

I have tested something similar to this, but not this exact config.  Also,
note that this would be easy to spoof.  (My $logged_in variable and the
cookie that sets it are used only to decide whether to serve a cached page
-- not to determine whether a user is actually logged in.)

Also note that my cookie check is simplified for the purpose of simplicity.
If you need to read a cookie, see the example in the "if" documentation
here: http://wiki.codemongers.com/NginxHttpRewriteModule#if

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Neil Sheth <nsheth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm looking at enabling the memcache module.  One question - for any
> member who has logged in to my site, I don't want to serve a cached
> copy of the page.  It's fine for anonymous users, however.  Is this
> possible?  If I store a login cookie on the client, would that work?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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