On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 5:56 PM, JDzialo John <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I am implementing a cache control policy on all our web servers and was > curious if anyone ever uses haproxy to handle cache control. > > > > On IIS we are using Etags, Last-Modified and Cache Control maxage to force > client browsers to check the etag hash. If the etag value has changed get > the file as normal if it has not changed give a 304 response to the browser > to inform it to use its cached file since it has not changed. > > > > Now to haproxy... > > > > 1. Is there a documented way to read headers and manage the cache on > the proxy side to give a 304 response to client browsers and avoid > unnecessary calls to our backend web servers? > > > > I'm looking for some very general guidance as to what haproxy offers to help > manage our file cache. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > John Dzialo | Linux System Administrator > > Direct 203.783.8163 | Main 800.352.0050 > > > > Environmental Data Resources, Inc. > > 440 Wheelers Farms Road, Milford, CT 06461 > > www.edrnet.com | commonground.edrnet.com > > > >
Hi John, There is no way to achieve what you're describing. You could use Varnish as a reverse proxy cache for this purpose. Baptiste
