Re: [squid-users] Forcing objects into the Squid Cache

On 24/06/2014 1:25 p.m., Gregory Morse wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> It's my understanding that squid decides on its own what files to
> cache and it does this when multiple different clients request those
> files.
>
> I have an unusual use case, where I want to specify a list of urls
> where the files are always cached. This means after the first request
> the files on those URLs would be cached by Squid, subject to the HTTP
> caching rules of course.
>

This is the normal operation of Squid. All you need to do is ensure you
use a Squid which obeys the HTTP protocol properly.
* current Squid releases do HTTP better than older ones, so later is
definitely better for this usage.
* any configuration option which produces warnings about HTTP violation
are to be avoided. Some can ensure caching of certain objects, but only
by breaking your criteria of HTTP compliance and not without some form
of bad side effect.

As Eliezer has already mentioned for reverse-proxy (CDN) adjusting the
cacheability controls on the origin server may also be needed to ensure
caching (HTTP compliant caching is to do so whenever the server does not
prohibit it). RFC 7234 has details on the caching controls if needed.

HTH
Amos
Received on Tue Jun 24 2014 - 06:10:39 MDT