2010/6/1 Igor Galić <i.galic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > ----- "Nilesh Govindarajan" <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have an installation of Apache running, so thinking of using it as >> a >> personal caching server after being fed up of firefox crashes which >> clears the cache. >> I have set it up using the manual and some guides using Google, but >> how do I know that its working ? >> Here are my settings: > > Before saying anything I should tell you that Apache httpd is not really > recommended as Forward Proxy. There are better alternatives, (even!) Squid > being one of them. > >> ProxyRequests On >> ProxyVia Off >> ProxyBadHeader Ignore >> ProxyStatus On >> <Proxy *> >> Order deny,allow >> Deny from All >> Allow from 192.168.1.0 127.0.0.1 localhost >> </Proxy> >> AllowCONNECT 443 >> CacheDefaultExpire 3600 >> CacheMaxExpire 604800 >> CacheIgnoreCacheControl On >> CacheStorePrivate On >> CacheStoreNoStore On >> CacheIgnoreNoLastMod On >> CacheRoot /home/proxy_cache >> CacheEnable disk / >> CacheMaxFileSize 5242880 >> CacheIgnoreURLSessionIdentifiers jsessionid PHPSESSID sid >> >> What happens if I remove the CacheMaxExpire directive ? Will Apache >> check for the document's last-modified time ? >> I would like latest stuff on websites I visit, so please guide me in >> the right direction. > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_cache.html#cachemaxexpire > > I think the documentation is quite clear on this: > ``Thus, documents will be out of date at most this number of seconds.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.'' > > If you remove the directive it will fall back to: > > Default: CacheMaxExpire 86400 (one day) > > What you probably want to do is invalidate the cache, but that can only be done with > htcacheclean from trunk so far: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/programs/htcacheclean.html > Which again only makes sense in a reverse proxy setup.... > > So long, > > -- > Igor Galić > > Tel: +43 (0) 699 122 96 338 > Fax: +43(0) 1 91 333 41 > Mail: i.galic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > URL: http://brainsware.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I know about Squid and tried that, but after many unsucessful attempts configuring it and no time to research on Google, I decided to use Apache. Well, the caching is working well now without any problems. -- Nilesh Govindarajan Facebook: nilesh.gr Twitter: nileshgr Website: www.itech7.com Cheap and Reliable VPS Hosting: http://j.mp/arHk5e --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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