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Reply to topic   Topic: Speed Up Sites with htaccess Caching
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7288
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Tue 31 Jul '07 17:37    Post subject: Speed Up Sites with htaccess Caching Reply with quote

This article shows 2 awesome ways to implement caching on your website using Apache .htaccess (httpd.conf) files on the Apache Web Server. Both methods are extremely simple to set up and will dramatically speed up your site

Apache .htaccess caching code
Code:

# 1 YEAR
<FilesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=29030400, public"
</FilesMatch>
# 1 WEEK
<FilesMatch "\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800, public"
</FilesMatch>
# 2 DAYS
<FilesMatch "\.(xml|txt|css|js)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=172800, proxy-revalidate"
</FilesMatch>
# 1 MIN
<FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|php)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=60, private, proxy-revalidate"
</FilesMatch>


For fail-safe code implement this to the above
Code:

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
# any Expires Directives go here
</IfModule>
 
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
# any Header directives go here
</IfModule>


At least one of the 2 modules needs to be built into Apache; although they are included in the distribution, they are not turned on by default. To find out if the modules are enabled in your server, find the httpd binary and run httpd -l; this should print a list of the available modules. The modules we’re looking for are mod_expires and mod_headers.

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edit:

Win32 Build has this modules by default, you only need to enable it.


This was a short version of http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/speed-up-sites-with-htaccess-caching.html

Have some fun!
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flyingmonkey



Joined: 01 Aug 2007
Posts: 15

PostPosted: Thu 06 Sep '07 2:19    Post subject: Reply with quote

Will this work for Apache configured as a reverse proxy where all traffic is encrypted via SSL from the backend to the reverse proxy and again to the client?
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7288
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Thu 06 Sep '07 10:01    Post subject: Reply with quote

I haven't tested it with SSL reverse proxy. But I think it should. The encryption has nothing to do with with the age control. You may have a try.
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