nginx + caching of static files

[Payam Chychi]

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-Payam

2009/4/6 Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru>:
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:46:24PM -0700, Payam Chychi wrote:
>
>> 2009/4/6 Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru>:
>> > On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:14:36PM -0700, Payam Chychi wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Guys,
>> >>
>> >> I was hoping someone could point out a document where it can teach me
>> >> how to setup nginx + caching. I know that traditionally nginx did not
>> >> have a native caching and it required you to run ncache or cachemem in
>> >> order to perform caching of static content... but does nginx now allow
>> >> basic static file caching without the use of any other 3rd app?
>> >>
>> >> Im trying to understand if nginx now has a native caching which would
>> >> allow caching of static content. I dont want to get fancy in anyway, I
>> >> simply want to allocate say 200mb of storage space to allow caching of
>> >> static content. the 200mb should be updated with the most
>> >> active/recently seen file request.
>> >>
>> >> reason? im trying to allow nginx to serve the static files from disk
>> >> (if it has seen it previously) and not have to go back to the origin
>> >> server every single time.
>> >
>> > Get the lastest nginx (0.7.50) and use
>> >
>> >    proxy_cache_path  /path/to/cache  levels=1:2
>> >                      keys_zone=one:10m
>> >                      inactive=7d  max_size=200m;
>> >
>> >    proxy_temp_path   /path/to/temp;  # must be on the same filesystem
>> >                                      # as cache
>> >
>> >    server {
>> >
>> >        location / {
>> >            proxy_pass              http://backend;
>> >
>> >            proxy_cache             one;
>> >            proxy_cache_key         backend$request_uri;
>> >            proxy_cache_valid       200  1h;
>> >            proxy_cache_use_stale   error timeout invalid_header;
>> >        }
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Igor Sysoev
>> > http://sysoev.ru/en/
>> >
>> >
>>  proxy_cache_path  /path/to/cache  levels=1:2
>>                      keys_zone=one:10m
>>                      inactive=7d  max_size=200m;
>>
>>    proxy_temp_path   /path/to/temp;  # must be on the same filesystem
>>                                      # as cache
>>
>>    server {
>>
>>        location / {
>>            proxy_pass              http://backend;
>>
>>            proxy_cache             one;
>>            proxy_cache_key         backend$request_uri;
>>            proxy_cache_valid       200  1h;
>>            proxy_cache_use_stale   error timeout invalid_header;
>>        }
>>
>>
>>
>> few questions:
>> 1- what does the keys_zone used for
>> 2- what does the "200 1h" in proxy_cache_valid mean
>> 3- how is the "proxy_cache_use_stale  error timeout invalid_header" used?
>
> http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpProxyModule#proxy_cache
>
>
> --
> Igor Sysoev
> http://sysoev.ru/en/
>
>



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Payam Tarverdyan Chychi
Network Security Specialist / Network Engineer