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<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_cache</h1>
<div class="toplang">
<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_cache.html" title="English"> en </a> |
+<a href="../ja/mod/mod_cache.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> |
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<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Content cache keyed to URIs.</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>cache_module</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_cache.c</td></tr></table>
<h3>Summary</h3>
- <div class="warning">
- This module is experimental. Documentation is still under development...
- </div>
+ <div class="warning">This module should be used with care and
+ can be used to circumvent <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html#allow">Allow</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html#deny">Deny</a></code> directives. You
+ should not enable caching for any content to which you wish
+ to limit access by client host name, address or environment
+ variable.</div>
<p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> implements an <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</a> compliant HTTP
content cache that can be used to cache either local or proxied content.
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> requires the services of one or more storage
- management modules. Two storage management modules are included in
+ management modules. One storage management module is included in
the base Apache distribution:</p>
<dl>
<dt><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html">mod_disk_cache</a></code></dt>
<dd>implements a disk based storage manager.</dd>
-
- <dt><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html">mod_mem_cache</a></code></dt>
- <dd>implements a memory based storage manager.
- <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html">mod_mem_cache</a></code> can be configured to operate in two
- modes: caching open file descriptors or caching objects in heap storage.
- <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html">mod_mem_cache</a></code> can be used to cache locally generated content
- or to cache backend server content for <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code> when
- configured using <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></code>
- (aka <dfn>reverse proxy</dfn>)</dd>
</dl>
<p>Content is stored in and retrieved from the cache using URI based keys. Content with
access protection is not cached.</p>
+ <p>Further details, discussion, and examples, are provided in the
+ <a href="../caching.html">Caching Guide</a>.</p>
</div>
<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
<ul id="toc">
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cachedefaultexpire">CacheDefaultExpire</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cachedisable">CacheDisable</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cacheenable">CacheEnable</a></li>
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cacheforcecompletion">CacheForceCompletion</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cacheignorecachecontrol">CacheIgnoreCacheControl</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cacheignoreheaders">CacheIgnoreHeaders</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cacheignorenolastmod">CacheIgnoreNoLastMod</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cacheignorequerystring">CacheIgnoreQueryString</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cacheignoreurlsessionidentifiers">CacheIgnoreURLSessionIdentifiers</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cachelastmodifiedfactor">CacheLastModifiedFactor</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cachelock">CacheLock</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cachelockmaxage">CacheLockMaxAge</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cachelockpath">CacheLockPath</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cachemaxexpire">CacheMaxExpire</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cacheminexpire">CacheMinExpire</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cachestorenostore">CacheStoreNoStore</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cachestoreprivate">CacheStorePrivate</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Topics</h3>
<ul id="topics">
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#related">Related Modules and Directives</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#sampleconf">Sample Configuration</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#thunderingherd">Avoiding the Thundering Herd</a></li>
+</ul><h3>See also</h3>
+<ul class="seealso">
+<li><a href="../caching.html">Caching Guide</a></li>
</ul></div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="section">
<h2><a name="related" id="related">Related Modules and Directives</a></h2>
- <table class="related"><tr><th>Related Modules</th><th>Related Directives</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html">mod_disk_cache</a></code></li><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html">mod_mem_cache</a></code></li></ul></td><td><ul><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cacheroot">CacheRoot</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachesize">CacheSize</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachegcinterval">CacheGcInterval</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachedirlevels">CacheDirLevels</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachedirlength">CacheDirLength</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cacheexpirycheck">CacheExpiryCheck</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cacheminfilesize">CacheMinFileSize</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachemaxfilesize">CacheMaxFileSize</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachetimemargin">CacheTimeMargin</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachegcdaily">CacheGcDaily</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachegcunused">CacheGcUnused</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachegcclean">CacheGcClean</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachegcmemusage">CacheGcMemUsage</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html#mcachesize">MCacheSize</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html#mcachemaxobjectcount">MCacheMaxObjectCount</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html#mcacheminobjectsize">MCacheMinObjectSize</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html#mcachemaxobjectsize">MCacheMaxObjectSize</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html#mcacheremovalalgorithm">MCacheRemovalAlgorithm</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html#mcachemaxstreamingbuffer">MCacheMaxStreamingBuffer</a></code></li></ul></td></tr></table>
+ <table class="related"><tr><th>Related Modules</th><th>Related Directives</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html">mod_disk_cache</a></code></li></ul></td><td><ul><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cacheroot">CacheRoot</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachedirlevels">CacheDirLevels</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachedirlength">CacheDirLength</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cacheminfilesize">CacheMinFileSize</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html#cachemaxfilesize">CacheMaxFileSize</a></code></li></ul></td></tr></table>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="section">
<h2><a name="sampleconf" id="sampleconf">Sample Configuration</a></h2>
<br />
<IfModule mod_cache.c><br />
<span class="indent">
- #LoadModule disk_cache_module modules/mod_disk_cache.so<br />
+ LoadModule disk_cache_module modules/mod_disk_cache.so<br />
<IfModule mod_disk_cache.c><br />
<span class="indent">
CacheRoot c:/cacheroot<br />
- CacheSize 256<br />
CacheEnable disk /<br />
CacheDirLevels 5<br />
CacheDirLength 3<br />
</span>
</IfModule> <br />
<br />
- LoadModule mem_cache_module modules/mod_mem_cache.so<br />
- <IfModule mod_mem_cache.c><br />
- <span class="indent">
- CacheEnable mem /<br />
- MCacheSize 4096<br />
- MCacheMaxObjectCount 100<br />
- MCacheMinObjectSize 1<br />
- MCacheMaxObjectSize 2048<br />
- </span>
- </IfModule><br />
+ # When acting as a proxy, don't cache the list of security updates<br />
+ CacheDisable http://security.update.server/update-list/<br />
+ </span>
+ </IfModule>
+ </code></p></div>
+</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="section">
+<h2><a name="thunderingherd" id="thunderingherd">Avoiding the Thundering Herd</a></h2>
+ <p>When a cached entry becomes stale, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> will submit
+ a conditional request to the backend, which is expected to confirm whether the
+ cached entry is still fresh, and send an updated entity if not.</p>
+ <p>A small but finite amount of time exists between the time the cached entity
+ becomes stale, and the time the stale entity is fully refreshed. On a busy
+ server, a significant number of requests might arrive during this time, and
+ cause a <strong>thundering herd</strong> of requests to strike the backend
+ suddenly and unpredicably.</p>
+ <p>To keep the thundering herd at bay, the <code class="directive">CacheLock</code>
+ directive can be used to define a directory in which locks are created for
+ URLs <strong>in flight</strong>. The lock is used as a <strong>hint</strong>
+ by other requests to either suppress an attempt to cache (someone else has
+ gone to fetch the entity), or to indicate that a stale entry is being refreshed
+ (stale content will be returned in the mean time).
+ </p>
+ <h3>Initial caching of an entry</h3>
+
+ <p>When an entity is cached for the first time, a lock will be created for the
+ entity until the response has been fully cached. During the lifetime of the
+ lock, the cache will suppress the second and subsequent attempt to cache the
+ same entity. While this doesn't hold back the thundering herd, it does stop
+ the cache attempting to cache the same entity multiple times simultaneously.
+ </p>
+
+ <h3>Refreshment of a stale entry</h3>
+
+ <p>When an entity reaches its freshness lifetime and becomes stale, a lock
+ will be created for the entity until the response has either been confirmed as
+ still fresh, or replaced by the backend. During the lifetime of the lock, the
+ second and subsequent incoming request will cause stale data to be returned,
+ and the thundering herd is kept at bay.</p>
+
+ <h3>Locks and Cache-Control: no-cache</h3>
+
+ <p>Locks are used as a <strong>hint only</strong> to enable the cache to be
+ more gentle on backend servers, however the lock can be overridden if necessary.
+ If the client sends a request with a Cache-Control header forcing a reload, any
+ lock that may be present will be ignored, and the client's request will be
+ honoured immediately and the cached entry refreshed.</p>
+ <p>As a further safety mechanism, locks have a configurable maximum age.
+ Once this age has been reached, the lock is removed, and a new request is
+ given the opportunity to create a new lock. This maximum age can be set using
+ the <code class="directive">CacheLockMaxAge</code> directive, and defaults to 5
+ seconds.
+ </p>
+
+ <h3>Example configuration</h3>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>Enabling the cache lock</h3><p><code>
+ #<br />
+ # Enable the cache lock<br />
+ #<br />
+ <IfModule mod_cache.c><br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ CacheLock on<br />
+ CacheLockPath /tmp/mod_cache-lock<br />
+ CacheLockMaxAge 5<br />
</span>
</IfModule>
</code></p></div>
+
</div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheDefaultExpire" id="CacheDefaultExpire">CacheDefaultExpire</a> <a name="cachedefaultexpire" id="cachedefaultexpire">Directive</a></h2>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheDefaultExpire <var>seconds</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheDefaultExpire 3600 (one hour)</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">CacheDefaultExpire</code> directive specifies a default time,
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Disable caching of specified URLs</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheDisable <var> url-string</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">CacheDisable</code> directive instructs
CacheDisable /local_files
</code></p></div>
+ <p> The <code>no-cache</code> environment variable can be set to
+ disable caching on a finer grained set of resources in versions
+ 2.2.12 and later.</p>
+
+
+<h3>See also</h3>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="../env.html">Environment Variables in Apache</a></li>
+</ul>
</div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheEnable" id="CacheEnable">CacheEnable</a> <a name="cacheenable" id="cacheenable">Directive</a></h2>
manager</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheEnable <var>cache_type</var> <var>url-string</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">CacheEnable</code> directive instructs
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> to cache urls at or below
<var>url-string</var>. The cache storage manager is specified with the
- <var>cache_type</var> argument. <var>cache_type</var> <code> mem</code>
- instructs <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> to use the memory based storage
- manager implemented by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html">mod_mem_cache</a></code>.
+ <var>cache_type</var> argument.
<var>cache_type</var> <code>disk</code> instructs
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> to use the disk based storage manager
- implemented by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html">mod_disk_cache</a></code>.
- <var>cache_type</var> <code>fd</code> instructs
- <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code> to use the file descriptor cache implemented
- by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html">mod_mem_cache</a></code>.</p>
+ implemented by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html">mod_disk_cache</a></code>.</p>
<p>In the event that the URL space overlaps between different
<code class="directive">CacheEnable</code> directives (as in the example below),
each possible storage manager will be run until the first one that
run is determined by the order of the <code class="directive">CacheEnable</code>
directives in the configuration file.</p>
+ <p>When acting as a forward proxy server, <var>url-string</var> can
+ also be used to specify remote sites and proxy protocols which
+ caching should be enabled for.</p>
+
<div class="example"><p><code>
- CacheEnable mem /manual<br />
- CacheEnable fd /images<br />
- CacheEnable disk /<br />
+ # Cache proxied url's<br />
+ CacheEnable disk /<br /><br />
+ # Cache FTP-proxied url's<br />
+ CacheEnable disk ftp://<br /><br />
+ # Cache content from www.apache.org<br />
+ CacheEnable disk http://www.apache.org/<br />
</code></p></div>
+ <p> The <code>no-cache</code> environment variable can be set to
+ disable caching on a finer grained set of resources in versions
+ 2.2.12 and later.</p>
+
+
+<h3>See also</h3>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="../env.html">Environment Variables in Apache</a></li>
+</ul>
</div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheForceCompletion" id="CacheForceCompletion">CacheForceCompletion</a> <a name="cacheforcecompletion" id="cacheforcecompletion">Directive</a></h2>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheIgnoreCacheControl" id="CacheIgnoreCacheControl">CacheIgnoreCacheControl</a> <a name="cacheignorecachecontrol" id="cacheignorecachecontrol">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Percentage of document served, after which the server
-will complete caching the file even if the request is cancelled.</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheForceCompletion <var>Percentage</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheForceCompletion 60</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Ignore request to not serve cached content to client</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheIgnoreCacheControl On|Off</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheIgnoreCacheControl Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
</table>
- <p>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
- <code class="directive">CacheForceCompletion</code> directive specifies a
- threshold beyond which the document will continue to be cached to
- completion, even if the request is cancelled.</p>
-
- <p>The threshold is a percentage specified as a value between
- <code>1</code> and <code>100</code>. A value of <code>0</code>
- specifies that the default be used. A value of <code>100</code>
- will only cache documents that are served in their entirety. A value
- between 60 and 90 is recommended.</p>
+ <p>Ordinarily, requests containing a Cache-Control: no-cache or
+ Pragma: no-cache header value will not be served from the cache. The
+ <code class="directive">CacheIgnoreCacheControl</code> directive allows this
+ behavior to be overridden. <code class="directive">CacheIgnoreCacheControl On</code>
+ tells the server to attempt to serve the resource from the cache even
+ if the request contains no-cache header values. Resources requiring
+ authorization will <em>never</em> be cached.</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
- CacheForceCompletion 80
+ CacheIgnoreCacheControl On
</code></p></div>
- <div class="warning"><h3>Note:</h3>
- This feature is currently <em>not</em> implemented.
+ <div class="warning"><h3>Warning:</h3>
+ This directive will allow serving from the cache even if the client has
+ requested that the document not be served from the cache. This might
+ result in stale content being served.
</div>
+<h3>See also</h3>
+<ul>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="#cachestoreprivate">CacheStorePrivate</a></code></li>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="#cachestorenostore">CacheStoreNoStore</a></code></li>
+</ul>
</div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
-<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheIgnoreCacheControl" id="CacheIgnoreCacheControl">CacheIgnoreCacheControl</a> <a name="cacheignorecachecontrol" id="cacheignorecachecontrol">Directive</a></h2>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheIgnoreHeaders" id="CacheIgnoreHeaders">CacheIgnoreHeaders</a> <a name="cacheignoreheaders" id="cacheignoreheaders">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Ignore the fact that the client requested the content not be
-cached.</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheIgnoreCacheControl On|Off</code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheIgnoreCacheControl Off</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Do not store the given HTTP header(s) in the cache.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheIgnoreHeaders <var>header-string</var> [<var>header-string</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheIgnoreHeaders None</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
</table>
- <p>Ordinarily, documents with no-cache or no-store header values will not be stored in the cache.
- The <code class="directive">CacheIgnoreCacheControl</code> directive allows this behavior to be overridden.
- <code class="directive">CacheIgnoreCacheControl</code> 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
- <em>never</em> be cached.</p>
+ <p>According to RFC 2616, hop-by-hop HTTP headers are not stored in
+ the cache. The following HTTP headers are hop-by-hop headers and thus
+ do not get stored in the cache in <em>any</em> case regardless of the
+ setting of <code class="directive">CacheIgnoreHeaders</code>:</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- CacheIgnoreCacheControl On
+ <ul>
+ <li><code>Connection</code></li>
+ <li><code>Keep-Alive</code></li>
+ <li><code>Proxy-Authenticate</code></li>
+ <li><code>Proxy-Authorization</code></li>
+ <li><code>TE</code></li>
+ <li><code>Trailers</code></li>
+ <li><code>Transfer-Encoding</code></li>
+ <li><code>Upgrade</code></li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p><code class="directive">CacheIgnoreHeaders</code> specifies additional HTTP
+ headers that should not to be stored in the cache. For example, it makes
+ sense in some cases to prevent cookies from being stored in the cache.</p>
+
+ <p><code class="directive">CacheIgnoreHeaders</code> takes a space separated list
+ of HTTP headers that should not be stored in the cache. If only hop-by-hop
+ headers not should be stored in the cache (the RFC 2616 compliant
+ behaviour), <code class="directive">CacheIgnoreHeaders</code> can be set to
+ <code>None</code>.</p>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>Example 1</h3><p><code>
+ CacheIgnoreHeaders Set-Cookie
+ </code></p></div>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>Example 2</h3><p><code>
+ CacheIgnoreHeaders None
</code></p></div>
+ <div class="warning"><h3>Warning:</h3>
+ If headers like <code>Expires</code> which are needed for proper cache
+ management are not stored due to a
+ <code class="directive">CacheIgnoreHeaders</code> setting, the behaviour of
+ mod_cache is undefined.
+ </div>
+
</div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheIgnoreNoLastMod" id="CacheIgnoreNoLastMod">CacheIgnoreNoLastMod</a> <a name="cacheignorenolastmod" id="cacheignorenolastmod">Directive</a></h2>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheIgnoreNoLastMod On|Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheIgnoreNoLastMod Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
</table>
<p>Ordinarily, documents without a last-modified date are not cached.
CacheIgnoreNoLastMod On
</code></p></div>
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheIgnoreQueryString" id="CacheIgnoreQueryString">CacheIgnoreQueryString</a> <a name="cacheignorequerystring" id="cacheignorequerystring">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Ignore query string when caching</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheIgnoreQueryString On|Off</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheIgnoreQueryString Off</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>Ordinarily, requests with query string parameters are cached separately
+ for each unique query string. This is according to RFC 2616/13.9 done only
+ if an expiration time is specified. The
+ <code class="directive">CacheIgnoreQueryString</code> directive tells the cache to
+ cache requests even if no expiration time is specified, and to reply with
+ a cached reply even if the query string differs. From a caching point of
+ view the request is treated as if having no query string when this
+ directive is enabled.</p>
+
+ <div class="example"><p><code>
+ CacheIgnoreQueryString On
+ </code></p></div>
+
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheIgnoreURLSessionIdentifiers" id="CacheIgnoreURLSessionIdentifiers">CacheIgnoreURLSessionIdentifiers</a> <a name="cacheignoreurlsessionidentifiers" id="cacheignoreurlsessionidentifiers">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Ignore defined session identifiers encoded in the URL when caching
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheIgnoreURLSessionIdentifiers <var>identifier</var> [<var>identifier</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheIgnoreURLSessionIdentifiers None</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>Sometimes applications encode the session identifier into the URL like in the following
+ Examples:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><code>/someapplication/image.gif;jsessionid=123456789</code></li>
+ <li><code>/someapplication/image.gif?PHPSESSIONID=12345678</code></li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>This causes cachable resources to be stored separately for each session, which
+ is often not desired. <code class="directive">CacheIgnoreURLSessionIdentifiers</code> lets
+ define a list of identifiers that are removed from the key that is used to identify
+ an entity in the cache, such that cachable resources are not stored separately for
+ each session.
+ </p>
+ <p><code>CacheIgnoreURLSessionIdentifiers None</code> clears the list of ignored
+ identifiers. Otherwise, each identifier is added to the list.</p>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>Example 1</h3><p><code>
+ CacheIgnoreURLSessionIdentifiers jsessionid
+ </code></p></div>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>Example 2</h3><p><code>
+ CacheIgnoreURLSessionIdentifiers None
+ </code></p></div>
+
+
</div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheLastModifiedFactor" id="CacheLastModifiedFactor">CacheLastModifiedFactor</a> <a name="cachelastmodifiedfactor" id="cachelastmodifiedfactor">Directive</a></h2>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheLastModifiedFactor <var>float</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheLastModifiedFactor 0.1</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
</table>
<p>In the event that a document does not provide an expiry date but does
CacheLastModifiedFactor 0.5
</code></p></div>
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheLock" id="CacheLock">CacheLock</a> <a name="cachelock" id="cachelock">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Enable the thundering herd lock.</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheLock <var>on|off</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheLock off</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">CacheLock</code> directive enables the thundering herd lock
+ for the given URL space.</p>
+
+ <p>In a minimal configuration the following directive is all that is needed to
+ enable the thundering herd lock in the default system temp directory.</p>
+
+ <div class="example"><p><code>
+ # Enable cache lock<br />
+ CacheLock on<br /><br />
+ </code></p></div>
+
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheLockMaxAge" id="CacheLockMaxAge">CacheLockMaxAge</a> <a name="cachelockmaxage" id="cachelockmaxage">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Set the maximum possible age of a cache lock.</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheLockMaxAge <var>integer</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheLockMaxAge 5</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">CacheLockMaxAge</code> directive specifies the maximum
+ age of any cache lock.</p>
+
+ <p>A lock older than this value in seconds will be ignored, and the next
+ incoming request will be given the opportunity to re-establish the lock.
+ This mechanism prevents a slow client taking an excessively long time to refresh
+ an entity.</p>
+
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheLockPath" id="CacheLockPath">CacheLockPath</a> <a name="cachelockpath" id="cachelockpath">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Set the lock path directory.</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheLockPath <var>directory</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheLockPath /tmp/mod_cache-lock</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">CacheLockPath</code> directive allows you to specify the
+ directory in which the locks are created. By default, the system's temporary
+ folder is used. Locks consist of empty files that only exist for stale URLs
+ in flight, so is significantly less resource intensive than the traditional
+ disk cache.</p>
+
+
</div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheMaxExpire" id="CacheMaxExpire">CacheMaxExpire</a> <a name="cachemaxexpire" id="cachemaxexpire">Directive</a></h2>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheMaxExpire <var>seconds</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheMaxExpire 86400 (one day)</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">CacheMaxExpire</code> directive specifies the maximum number of
CacheMaxExpire 604800
</code></p></div>
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheMinExpire" id="CacheMinExpire">CacheMinExpire</a> <a name="cacheminexpire" id="cacheminexpire">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The minimum time in seconds to cache a document</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheMinExpire <var>seconds</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheMinExpire 0</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">CacheMinExpire</code> directive specifies the minimum number of
+ seconds for which cachable HTTP documents will be retained without checking the origin
+ server. This is only used if no valid expire time was supplied with the document.</p>
+
+
+ <div class="example"><p><code>
+ CacheMinExpire 3600
+ </code></p></div>
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheStoreNoStore" id="CacheStoreNoStore">CacheStoreNoStore</a> <a name="cachestorenostore" id="cachestorenostore">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Attempt to cache requests or responses that have been marked as no-store.</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheStoreNoStore On|Off</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheStoreNoStore Off</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>Ordinarily, requests or responses with Cache-Control: no-store header
+ values will not be stored in the cache. The
+ <code class="directive">CacheStoreNoCache</code> directive allows this
+ behavior to be overridden. <code class="directive">CacheStoreNoCache</code> On
+ tells the server to attempt to cache the resource even if it contains
+ no-store header values. Resources requiring authorization will
+ <em>never</em> be cached.</p>
+
+ <div class="example"><p><code>
+ CacheStoreNoStore On
+ </code></p></div>
+
+ <div class="warning"><h3>Warning:</h3>
+ As described in RFC 2616, the no-store directive is intended to
+ "prevent the inadvertent release or retention of sensitive information
+ (for example, on backup tapes)." Enabling this option could store
+ sensitive information in the cache. You are hereby warned.
+ </div>
+
+<h3>See also</h3>
+<ul>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="#cacheignorecachecontrol">CacheIgnoreCacheControl</a></code></li>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="#cachestoreprivate">CacheStorePrivate</a></code></li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheStorePrivate" id="CacheStorePrivate">CacheStorePrivate</a> <a name="cachestoreprivate" id="cachestoreprivate">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Attempt to cache responses that the server has marked as private</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheStorePrivate On|Off</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>CacheStorePrivate Off</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_cache</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>Ordinarily, responses with Cache-Control: private header values will not
+ be stored in the cache. The <code class="directive">CacheStorePrivate</code>
+ directive allows this behavior to be overridden.
+ <code class="directive">CacheStorePrivate</code> On
+ tells the server to attempt to cache the resource even if it contains
+ private header values. Resources requiring authorization will
+ <em>never</em> be cached.</p>
+
+ <div class="example"><p><code>
+ CacheStorePrivate On
+ </code></p></div>
+
+ <div class="warning"><h3>Warning:</h3>
+ This directive will allow caching even if the upstream server has
+ requested that the resource not be cached. This directive is only
+ ideal for a 'private' cache.
+ </div>
+
+<h3>See also</h3>
+<ul>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="#cacheignorecachecontrol">CacheIgnoreCacheControl</a></code></li>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="#cachestorenostore">CacheStoreNoStore</a></code></li>
+</ul>
</div>
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