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Version: 2.13

proxy-cache

Description#

The proxy-cache plugin, which provides the ability to cache upstream response data and can be used with other plugins. The plugin supports disk-based caching and will support the memory-based caching in the future. The data that needs to be cached can be determined by the response code or request method and more complex caching policies can be configured by no_cache and cache_bypass attributes.

Note:

  1. The cache expiration time cannot be configured dynamically. The expiration time can only be set by the upstream response header Expires or Cache-Control, and the default cache expiration time is 10s if there is no Expires or Cache-Control in the upstream response header
  2. If the upstream service is not available and APISIX will return 502 or 504, then 502 or 504 will be cached for 10s.

Attributes#

NameTypeRequirementDefaultValidDescription
cache_strategystringoptionaldisk["disk","memory"]Cache strategy. Specify where the cache data is stored (memory or disk)
cache_zonestringoptionaldisk_cache_oneSpecify which cache area to use, each cache area can be configured with different paths. In addition, cache areas can be predefined in conf/config.yaml file. When the default value is not used, the specified cache area is inconsistent with the pre-defined cache area in the conf/config.yaml file, and the cache is invalid.
cache_keyarray[string]optional["$host", "$request_uri"]key of a cache, can use variables. For example: ["$host", "$uri", "-cache-id"]
cache_bypassarray[string]optionalWhether to skip cache retrieval. That is, do not look for data in the cache. It can use variables, and note that cache data retrieval will be skipped when the value of this attribute is not empty or not '0'. For example: ["$arg_bypass"]
cache_methodarray[string]optional["GET", "HEAD"]["GET", "POST", "HEAD"]Decide whether to be cached according to the request method
cache_http_statusarray[integer]optional[200, 301, 404][200, 599]Decide whether to be cached according to the upstream response status
hide_cache_headersbooleanoptionalfalseWhether to return the Expires and Cache-Control response headers to the client,
cache_controlbooleanoptionalfalseWhether to comply with the cache-control behavior in the HTTP specification. Only for memory strategy.
no_cachearray[string]optionalWhether to cache data, it can use variables, and note that the data will not be cached when the value of this attribute is not empty or not '0'.
cache_ttlintegeroptional300 secondsThe default cache time. when the cache_control option is not enabled or the proxied server does not return cache header (cache-contorl or expires), it will be take effect. Only for memory strategy.

Note:

  1. The variable starts with $.
  2. The attribute can use a combination of the variable and the string, but it needs to be written separately as an array, and the final values are stitched together after the variable is parsed.

Example configuration in the conf/config.yaml file:

proxy_cache:                       # Proxy Caching configuration
    cache_ttl: 10s                 # The default caching time if the upstream does not specify the cache time
    zones:                         # The parameters of a cache
    - name: disk_cache_one         # The name of the cache, administrator can be specify
                                   # which cache to use by name in the admin api
      memory_size: 50m             # The size of shared memory, it's used to store the cache index
      disk_size: 1G                # The size of disk, it's used to store the cache data
      disk_path: "/tmp/disk_cache_one" # The path to store the cache data
      cache_levels: "1:2"          # The hierarchy levels of a cache

Examples#

Enable the plugin#

Example 1: The cache_zone parameter defaults to disk_cache_one

1: enable the proxy-cache plugin for a specific route :

curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/routes/1  -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -d '
{
    "plugins": {
        "proxy-cache": {
            "cache_key":  ["$uri", "-cache-id"],
            "cache_bypass": ["$arg_bypass"],
            "cache_method": ["GET"],
            "cache_http_status": [200],
            "hide_cache_headers": true,
            "no_cache": ["$arg_test"]
        }
    },
    "upstream": {
        "nodes": {
            "127.0.0.1:1999": 1
        },
        "type": "roundrobin"
    },
    "uri": "/hello"
}'

Test Plugin:

$ curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/hello -i
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Length: 6
Connection: keep-alive
Server: APISIX web server
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:45:36 GMT
Last-Modified: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:36:38 GMT
Apisix-Cache-Status: MISS

hello

http status is '200' and the response header contains 'Apisix-Cache-Status' to indicate that the plugin is enabled.

2: Verify that the data is cached, request the address above again:

$ curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/hello -i
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Length: 6
Connection: keep-alive
Server: APISIX web server
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:14:46 GMT
Last-Modified: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:21:41 GMT
Apisix-Cache-Status: HIT

hello

Example 2: Customize the cache_zone parameter to disk_cache_two

  1. Specify the cache area and other information in the conf/config.yaml file:
proxy_cache:
    cache_ttl: 10s
    zones:
    - name: disk_cache_two
      memory_size: 50m
      disk_size: 1G
      disk_path: "/tmp/disk_cache_one"
      cache_levels: "1:2"
  1. Enable the proxy-cache plugin for a specific route:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/routes/1  -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -d '
{
    "plugins": {
        "proxy-cache": {
            "cache_zone": "disk_cache_two",
            "cache_key":  ["$uri", "-cache-id"],
            "cache_bypass": ["$arg_bypass"],
            "cache_method": ["GET"],
            "cache_http_status": [200],
            "hide_cache_headers": true,
            "no_cache": ["$arg_test"]
        }
    },
    "upstream": {
        "nodes": {
            "127.0.0.1:1999": 1
        },
        "type": "roundrobin"
    },
    "uri": "/hello"
}'

Test Plugin:

$ curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/hello -i
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Length: 6
Connection: keep-alive
Server: APISIX web server
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:45:36 GMT
Last-Modified: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:36:38 GMT
Apisix-Cache-Status: MISS

hello

http status is '200' and the response header contains 'Apisix-Cache-Status' to indicate that the plug-in is enabled.

  1. Verify that the data is cached and request the above address again:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/hello -i
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Length: 6
Connection: keep-alive
Server: APISIX web server
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:14:46 GMT
Last-Modified: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:21:41 GMT
Apisix-Cache-Status: HIT

hello

The response header Apisix-Cache-Status value has changed to HIT, indicating that the data has been cached

Example 3: Specifying cache_zone as invalid_disk_cache is inconsistent with the cache area disk_cache_one specified in the conf/config.yaml file.

$ curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/routes/1  -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -d '
{
    "plugins": {
        "proxy-cache": {
            "cache_zone": "invalid_disk_cache",
            "cache_key":  ["$uri", "-cache-id"],
            "cache_bypass": ["$arg_bypass"],
            "cache_method": ["GET"],
            "cache_http_status": [200],
            "hide_cache_headers": true,
            "no_cache": ["$arg_test"]
        }
    },
    "upstream": {
        "nodes": {
            "127.0.0.1:1999": 1
        },
        "type": "roundrobin"
    },
    "uri": "/hello"
}'
{"error_msg":"failed to check the configuration of plugin proxy-cache err: cache_zone invalid_disk_cache not found"}

In response to an error message, the plug-in configuration is invalid.

Clear cached data#

How to clean the cached data only needs to specify the requested method as PURGE.

Test Plugin:

$ curl -i http://127.0.0.1:9080/hello -X PURGE
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:17:35 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
Server: APISIX web server

If the response code is 200, it means the deletion is successful. If the cached data is not found, 404 will be returned.

Request again, the cached data is not found and return 404:

$ curl -i http://127.0.0.1:9080/hello -X PURGE
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 05:46:34 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
Server: APISIX web server

<html>
<head><title>404 Not Found</title></head>
<body>
<center><h1>404 Not Found</h1></center>
<hr><center>openresty</center>
</body>
</html>

Disable Plugin#

Remove the corresponding JSON in the plugin configuration to disable the plugin immediately without restarting the service:

curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/routes/1  -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -d '
{
    "uri": "/hello",
    "plugins": {},
    "upstream": {
        "type": "roundrobin",
        "nodes": {
            "127.0.0.1:1999": 1
        }
    }
}'

The plugin has been disabled now.