Re: [squid-users] Reverse proxy, htaccess and caching

Brent Geach wrote:
> Hi All,
> Is it normal for squid to not cache files from a backend webserver if the
> url is protected by a .htaccess file with basic auth?

Yes. Unless there are specific Cache-Controls allowing caching
Authenticated pages are supposed to default to private.

>
> Im running squid 2.6.5-6etch1 with conf:
>
> http_port 80 vhost
> cache_peer localhost parent 1234 0 originserver default login=PASS icp_port
> 0 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
> cache_mem 1024 MB
> maximum_object_size 4096 KB
> maximum_object_size_in_memory 2048 KB
> cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 1024 16 256 logformat combined %>a %ui %un
> [%tl] [%tr] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h"
> %Ss:%Sh access_log /var/log/squid/access.log combined emulate_httpd_log on
> log_mime_hdrs on
> refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
> refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
> refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
> connect_timeout 20 seconds
> acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
> acl manager proto cache_object
> acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
> acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
> acl purge method PURGE
> acl CONNECT method CONNECT
> http_access allow manager localhost
> http_access deny manager
> http_access allow purge localhost
> http_access deny purge
> http_access deny !Safe_ports
> http_access allow localhost
> http_access allow all
> http_reply_access allow all
> cachemgr_passwd xx all
> strip_query_terms off
> coredump_dir /var/spool/squid
>
> Basically when I access a url with out the .htaccess in place I can get a
> TCP_MEM_HIT:NONE But as soon as I place the .htaccess back in place I never
> do.
>
> Is there a way around this? I have numerous largeish files sitting being
> served from a NFS mount which would be much better off served from memory
> but the files need to be behind some auth mechanism.

I'm a little too tired right now to remember which, but there are
Cache-Controls to allow both authentication and caching.

Amos

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