Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0
Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0
| Description: | Content cache keyed to URIs. |
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| Status: | Experimental |
| Module Identifier: | cache_module |
| Source File: | mod_cache.c |
mod_cache implements an RFC 2616 compliant HTTP content cache that can be used to cache either local or proxied content. mod_cache requires the services of one or more storage management modules. Two storage management modules are included in the base Apache distribution:
mod_disk_cachemod_mem_cachemod_mem_cache can be configured to operate in two modes: caching open file descriptors or caching objects in heap storage. mod_mem_cache can be used to cache locally generated content or to cache backend server content for mod_proxy when configured using ProxyPass (aka reverse proxy)Content is stored in and retrieved from the cache using URI based keys. Content with access protection is not cached.
CacheDefaultExpireCacheDisableCacheEnableCacheForceCompletionCacheIgnoreCacheControlCacheIgnoreNoLastModCacheLastModifiedFactorCacheMaxExpire
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# Sample Cache Configuration
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LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so
<IfModule mod_cache.c>
#LoadModule disk_cache_module modules/mod_disk_cache.so
<IfModule mod_disk_cache.c>
CacheRoot c:/cacheroot
CacheSize 256
CacheEnable disk /
CacheDirLevels 5
CacheDirLength 3
</IfModule>
LoadModule mem_cache_module modules/mod_mem_cache.so
<IfModule mod_mem_cache.c>
CacheEnable mem /
MCacheSize 4096
MCacheMaxObjectCount 100
MCacheMinObjectSize 1
MCacheMaxObjectSize 2048
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
| Description: | The default duration to cache a document when no expiry date is specified. |
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| Syntax: | CacheDefaultExpire seconds |
| Default: | CacheDefaultExpire 3600 (one hour) |
| Context: | server config, virtual host |
| Status: | Experimental |
| Module: | mod_cache |
The CacheDefaultExpire directive specifies a default time, in seconds, to cache a document if neither an expiry date nor last-modified date are provided with the document. The value specified with the CacheMaxExpire directive does not override this setting.
CacheDefaultExpire 86400
| Description: | Disable caching of specified URLs |
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| Syntax: | CacheDisable url-string |
| Context: | server config, virtual host |
| Status: | Experimental |
| Module: | mod_cache |
The CacheDisable directive instructs mod_cache to not cache urls at or below url-string.
CacheDisable /local_files
| Description: | Enable caching of specified URLs using a specified storage manager |
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| Syntax: | CacheEnable cache_type url-string |
| Context: | server config, virtual host |
| Status: | Experimental |
| Module: | mod_cache |
The CacheEnable directive instructs mod_cache to cache urls at or below url-string. The cache storage manager is specified with the cache_type argument. cache_type mem instructs mod_cache to use the memory based storage manager implemented by mod_mem_cache. cache_type disk instructs mod_cache to use the disk based storage manager implemented by mod_disk_cache. cache_type fd instructs mod_cache to use the file descriptor cache implemented by mod_mem_cache.
In the event that the URL space overlaps between different CacheEnable directives (as in the example below), each possible storage manager will be run until the first one that actually processes the request. The order in which the storage managers are run is determined by the order of the CacheEnable directives in the configuration file.
CacheEnable mem /manual
CacheEnable fd /images
CacheEnable disk /
| Description: | Percentage of document served, after which the server will complete caching the file even if the request is cancelled. |
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| Syntax: | CacheForceCompletion Percentage |
| Default: | CacheForceCompletion 60 |
| Context: | server config, virtual host |
| Status: | Experimental |
| Module: | mod_cache |
Ordinarily, if a request is cancelled while the response is being cached and delivered to the client the processing of the response will stop and the cache entry will be removed. The CacheForceCompletion directive specifies a threshold beyond which the document will continue to be cached to completion, even if the request is cancelled.
The threshold is a percentage specified as a value between 1 and 100. A value of 0 specifies that the default be used. A value of 100 will only cache documents that are served in their entirety. A value between 60 and 90 is recommended.
CacheForceCompletion 80
| Description: | Ignore the fact that the client requested the content not be cached. |
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| Syntax: | CacheIgnoreCacheControl On|Off |
| Default: | CacheIgnoreCacheControl Off |
| Context: | server config, virtual host |
| Status: | Experimental |
| Module: | mod_cache |
Ordinarily, documents with no-cache or no-store header values will not be stored in the cache. The CacheIgnoreCacheControl directive allows this behavior to be overridden. CacheIgnoreCacheControl On tells the server to attempt to cache the document even if it contains no-cache or no-store header values. Documents requiring authorization will never be cached.
CacheIgnoreCacheControl On
| Description: | Ignore the fact that a response has no Last Modified header. |
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| Syntax: | CacheIgnoreNoLastMod On|Off |
| Default: | CacheIgnoreNoLastMod Off |
| Context: | server config, virtual host |
| Status: | Experimental |
| Module: | mod_cache |
Ordinarily, documents without a last-modified date are not cached. Under some circumstances the last-modified date is removed (during mod_include processing for example) or not provided at all. The CacheIgnoreNoLastMod directive provides a way to specify that documents without last-modified dates should be considered for caching, even without a last-modified date. If neither a last-modified date nor an expiry date are provided with the document then the value specified by the CacheDefaultExpire directive will be used to generate an expiration date.
CacheIgnoreNoLastMod On
| Description: | The factor used to compute an expiry date based on the LastModified date. |
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| Syntax: | CacheLastModifiedFactor float |
| Default: | CacheLastModifiedFactor 0.1 |
| Context: | server config, virtual host |
| Status: | Experimental |
| Module: | mod_cache |
In the event that a document does not provide an expiry date but does provide a last-modified date, an expiry date can be calculated based on the time since the document was last modified. The CacheLastModifiedFactor directive specifies a factor to be used in the generation of this expiry date according to the following formula: expiry-period = time-since-last-modified-date * factor expiry-date = current-date + expiry-period For example, if the document was last modified 10 hours ago, and factor is 0.1 then the expiry-period will be set to 10*0.1 = 1 hour. If the current time was 3:00pm then the computed expiry-date would be 3:00pm + 1hour = 4:00pm. If the expiry-period would be longer than that set by CacheMaxExpire, then the latter takes precedence.
CacheLastModifiedFactor 0.5
| Description: | The maximum time in seconds to cache a document |
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| Syntax: | CacheMaxExpire seconds |
| Default: | CacheMaxExpire 86400 (one day) |
| Context: | server config, virtual host |
| Status: | Experimental |
| Module: | mod_cache |
The CacheMaxExpire directive specifies the maximum number of seconds for which cachable HTTP documents will be retained without checking the origin server. Thus, documents will be out of date at most this number of seconds. This maximum value is enforced even if an expiry date was supplied with the document.
CacheMaxExpire 604800