Hello!
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 12:56:35PM +0000, Phil Endecott wrote:
> Maxim Dounin wrote:
> > You haven't configured any proxy_cache_valid directives (see
> > http://nginx.org/r/proxy_cache_valid for details), and the
> > response doesn't have any cache validity headers, such as
> > "Expires" or "Cache-Control: max-age=...".
>
> Thanks Maxim! It now seems to work.
>
> I guess I was expecting the proxy_cache_path inactive=... time
> to determine how long things were cached for. I think I have a
> better understanding now. Let me check if I have this right:
>
> The upstream server doesn't specify any Cache-Control or Expires
> headers. It does supply an ETag and Last-Modified. I'd like to
> cache these files for a long time (say 18 months), but revalidate
> using the ETag (say after 5 minutes). So I have:
>
> proxy_cache_path ... inactive=18M;
> proxy_cache_revalidate on;
> proxy_cache_valid 200 5m; # Beware M = Month, m = minute.
>
> Is that right?
The "inactive=" parameter controls how long cache items are stored
if they aren't accessed at all. It is basically a way to control
the total size of your cache. Usually 18 months is way too long
for this time.
> I have some other questions:
>
> 1. What proxy_cache_key should I be using? I am unsure of the difference
> between e.g. host and proxy_host, and uri and request_uri. I currently
> have
>
> proxy_cache_convert_head off;
> proxy_cache_key "$request_method$scheme$host$request_uri";
What cache key to use depends on your particular use case. The
one you are using is good enough as long as you use simple
proxying.
> Do I need "$is_args$args" ?
No, request arguments are already included in the $request_uri
variable (see http://nginx.org/r/$request_uri).
> 2. Is there any way to indicate the cache status in the access log? I.e.
> hit/miss/revalidated/uncachable etc.
The cache status is available in the $upstream_cache_status
variable (http://nginx.org/r/$upstream_cache_status). If you want
it in the logs, you can do so by configuring appropriate
log_format (see http://nginx.org/r/log_format).
--
Maxim Dounin
http://mdounin.ru/
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