On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Baptiste <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
I forgot a link: http://blog.haproxy.com/2012/08/25/haproxy-varnish-and-the-single-hostname-website/ Baptiste
