Is proxy_cache_purge directive not available in NGINX free version ?

[Roman Arutyunyan]

Hi,

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 09:31:03AM -0400, rebaca wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am trying to experiment with purging cache content in Nginx server. The
> Nginx I have is a free version (Not Nginx Plus version).
> 
> As per one of the document from Nginx website, in order to enable purging on
> Nginx, I need to use the directive - proxy_cache_purge.
> 
> But when I try to add this directive in Ngnix configuration and start the
> server, I get the following error:
>  
> 
>           "nginx: [emerg] unknown directive "proxy_cache_purge" in
> /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:104"
> 
> 
> Is this directive proxy_cache_purge is not available in Nginx Free version ?
> If so it is available in Nginx Plus version ?

Yes, the feature is only available in NGINX Plus, as stated in the
documentation:

 "This functionality is available as part of our commercial subscription."

http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html#proxy_cache_purge

-- 
Roman Arutyunyan