3.5.1 Configuring Cache Options

Cache Options enable you to control how Access Gateway caches objects.

  1. Click Access Gateways > Edit > Cache Options.

  2. To disable caching of all web server content, select Disable Caching.

  3. Modify the Cache Freshness settings.

    These options govern when the proxy service revalidates requested cached objects against those on their respective origin web servers. If the objects have changed, the proxy service re-caches them.

    IMPORTANT:Specify whole number values. Decimal values (2.5) are not supported and generate an XML validation error.

    Option

    Description

    HTTP Maximum

    Specifies the maximum time the proxy service serves HTTP data from cache before revalidating it against content on the origin web server. No object is served from cache after this value expires without being revalidated.

    This overrides a freshness or Time to Expire directive specified by the Webmasters if they specified a longer time.

    You use this value to reduce the maximum time the proxy service waits before checking whether requested objects need to be refreshed. The default is 6 hours.

    HTTP Default

    Specifies the maximum time the proxy service serves HTTP data for which Webmasters have not specified a freshness or Time to Expire directive. The default is 2 hours.

    NOTE:The time you specify is the hard limit. For example, If you have specified 6 hours in HTTP Maximum, and Access Manager caches details at 10:00 a.m. Then, Access Manager revalidates the cache at 4:00 p.m., even if user accesses something else in between this duration.

  4. Click OK.

  5. To apply the changes, click the Access Gateways link, and then click Update > OK.