Configuring caching policies - Platform - BlueCat Gateway - 22.11.1

Gateway Administration Guide

Locale
English
Product name
BlueCat Gateway
Version
22.11.1

Specify the caching headers for BlueCat Gateway.

You can kmanage two caching headers in BlueCat Gateway:
  • Cache-Control: The HTTP header that holds directives (instructions) for caching in both requests and responses.
  • Pragma: The HTTP/1.0 general header that is used for backwards compatibility with HTTP/1.0 caches where the Cache-Control HTTP/1.1 is not yet present.
For more details on how the Cache-Control and Pragma directives work, see the following:

To specify the Cache-Control and Pragma headers for BlueCat Gateway:

  1. Log in to BlueCat Gateway.

  2. Select Configurations > General Configuration.

  3. Click Security.

  4. In the Cache Control section, configure the following.
    • Select the No Store checkbox to specify that the response must not be stored in any cache.

    • Select the No Cache checkbox to specify that the response may be stored in any cache, even if the response is generally non-cacheable. Doing so enables the no-cache cacheability directive.

    • In Max Age (seconds), specify the maximum amount of time in seconds that a resource is considered fresh. The default value is 86400 seconds (one day).

    • In the Public/Private drop-down menu, select the cacheability directive that specifies where the response can be stored:
      • public: The response may be stored in any cache
      • private: The the response may be stored only by a browser's cache.
    • Select the Must Revalidate checkbox to specify that caches must not use stale copies of a resource without successfully validating it from the origin server. Doing so enables the must-revalidate directive.

    • Select the Pragma checkbox to allow for backwards compatibility with HTTP/1.0 clients.

  5. When you're done, click Save.