Skip to Content
NGINX Cookbook
book

NGINX Cookbook

by Tim Butler
August 2017
Intermediate to advanced
278 pages
8h 53m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from NGINX Cookbook

How it works...

Firstly, the first parameter to the proxy_cache_path directive is the location of the cache files. You can choose any directory which makes sense to your server structure, but ensure that the NGINX user on your server has write access.

The levels parameter specifies how the cache is written to the system. In our recipe, we have specified 1:2. This means that the files are stored in a two-level hierarchy. The reason this is configurable is due to potential slowdowns when there are thousands of files within a single directory. Having two levels is a good way to ensure this never becomes an issue.

The third parameter, keys_zone, sets aside memory to store metadata about the cached content. Rather than a potentially expensive ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

NGINX Cookbook

NGINX Cookbook

Derek DeJonghe
NGINX Cookbook

NGINX Cookbook

Derek DeJonghe
Nginx Essentials

Nginx Essentials

Valery Kholodkov, Valery I Kholodkov

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781786466174