Following my FastCGI Cache Purge plugin for Bludit, I've been asked how FastCGI cache is even configured for Bludit.
This is not a beginner guide, so I assume you have nginx installed together with the ngx_cache_purge module. If you don't, there are a few guides online how to build nginx from source with the module like this. Generally configuring FastCGI cache also shouldn't be a problem.
The gist is to:
- Configure a cache zone.
- Configure Bludit specifics and
- Configure purge location.
Bludit Specifics
Since there are things we don't want to cache, they need to be configured. I used the following settings:
# This will prevent caching anything in the admin and any POST requests.
if ($request_uri ~* "/admin/|/bl-kernel/") {
set $skip_cache 1;
}
if ($request_method = POST) {
set $skip_cache 1;
}
# This will allow to use the purging plugin. Note that you need to replace YOURZONE with what you set up for FastCGI cache.
location ~ /purge(/.*) {
allow your.server.ip.address;
deny all;
fastcgi_cache_purge YOURZONE "$scheme$request_method$host$1";
access_log off;
}
# My website rarely changes, so all pages are cached for 48 hours.
location ~ \.php$ {
...
fastcgi_cache_bypass $skip_cache;
fastcgi_no_cache $skip_cache;
fastcgi_cache YOURZONE;
fastcgi_cache_valid 200 302 48h;
fastcgi_cache_valid 404 1m;
}
# Unrelated to fastcgi cache, but if we're already modifying configs...
location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js)$ {
expires 7d;
}
location ~ /wp\S* {
deny all;
access_log off;
}
What do we gain?
