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Caddy Module: http.handlers.cache

This is a distributed HTTP cache module for Caddy based on Souin cache.

Warning

Since v1.7.0 Souin (the development repository that cache-handler is based on) implements only one storage. If you need a specific storage you have to take it from the storages repository and add it either in your code, during the build otherwise.
(e.g. with otter using caddy) You have to build your caddy module with the desired storage xcaddy build --with github.com/caddyserver/cache-handler --with github.com/darkweak/storages/otter/caddy and configure otter in your Caddyfile/JSON configuration file.
See the documentation about the storages.

Features

Minimal Configuration

Using the minimal configuration the responses will be cached for 120s

{
    cache
}

example.com {
    cache
    reverse_proxy your-app:8080
}

Global Option Syntax

Here are all the available options for the global options

{
    log {
        level debug
    }
    cache {
        allowed_http_verbs GET POST PATCH
        api {
            basepath /some-basepath
            prometheus
            souin {
                basepath /souin-changed-endpoint-path
            }
        }
        badger {
            path the_path_to_a_file.json
        }
        cache_keys {
            .*\.css {
                disable_body
                disable_host
                disable_method
                disable_query
                headers X-Token Authorization
                hide
            }
        }
        cache_name Another
        cdn {
            api_key XXXX
            dynamic
            email [email protected]
            hostname domain.com
            network your_network
            provider fastly
            strategy soft
            service_id 123456_id
            zone_id anywhere_zone
        }
        etcd {
            configuration {
                # Your etcd configuration here
            }
        }
        key {
            disable_body
            disable_host
            disable_method
            headers Content-Type Authorization
        }
        log_level debug
        mode bypass
        nuts {
            path /path/to/the/storage
        }
        olric {
            url url_to_your_cluster:3320
            path the_path_to_a_file.yaml
            configuration {
                # Your olric configuration here
            }
        }
        regex {
            exclude /test2.*
        }
        stale 200s
        ttl 1000s
        default_cache_control no-store
    }
}

:4443
respond "Hello World!"

Cache directive Syntax

Here are all the available options for the directive options

@match path /path

handle @match {
    cache {
        cache_name ChangeName
        cache_keys {
            (host1|host2).*\.css {
                disable_body
                disable_host
                disable_method
                disable_query
                headers X-Token Authorization
            }
        }
        cdn {
            api_key XXXX
            dynamic
            email [email protected]
            hostname domain.com
            network your_network
            provider fastly
            strategy soft
            service_id 123456_id
            zone_id anywhere_zone
        }
        key {
            disable_body
            disable_host
            disable_method
            disable_query
            headers Content-Type Authorization
        }
        log_level debug
        regex {
            exclude /test2.*
        }
        stale 200s
        ttl 1000s
        default_cache_control no-store
    }
}

Provider Syntax

Badger

The badger provider must have either the path or the configuration directive.

badger-path.com {
    cache {
        badger {
            path /tmp/badger/first-match
        }
    }
}
badger-configuration.com {
    cache {
        badger {
            configuration {
                # Required value
                ValueDir <string>

                # Optional
                SyncWrites <bool>
                NumVersionsToKeep <int>
                ReadOnly <bool>
                Compression <int>
                InMemory <bool>
                MetricsEnabled <bool>
                MemTableSize <int>
                BaseTableSize <int>
                BaseLevelSize <int>
                LevelSizeMultiplier <int>
                TableSizeMultiplier <int>
                MaxLevels <int>
                VLogPercentile <float>
                ValueThreshold <int>
                NumMemtables <int>
                BlockSize <int>
                BloomFalsePositive <float>
                BlockCacheSize <int>
                IndexCacheSize <int>
                NumLevelZeroTables <int>
                NumLevelZeroTablesStall <int>
                ValueLogFileSize <int>
                ValueLogMaxEntries <int>
                NumCompactors <int>
                CompactL0OnClose <bool>
                LmaxCompaction <bool>
                ZSTDCompressionLevel <int>
                VerifyValueChecksum <bool>
                EncryptionKey <string>
                EncryptionKeyRotationDuration <Duration>
                BypassLockGuard <bool>
                ChecksumVerificationMode <int>
                DetectConflicts <bool>
                NamespaceOffset <int>
            }
        }
    }
}

Etcd

The etcd provider must have the configuration directive.

etcd-configuration.com {
    cache {
        etcd {
            configuration {
                Endpoints etcd1:2379 etcd2:2379 etcd3:2379
                AutoSyncInterval 1s
                DialTimeout 1s
                DialKeepAliveTime 1s
                DialKeepAliveTimeout 1s
                MaxCallSendMsgSize 10000000
                MaxCallRecvMsgSize 10000000
                Username john
                Password doe
                RejectOldCluster false
                PermitWithoutStream false
            }
        }
    }
}

NutsDB

The nutsdb provider must have either the path or the configuration directive.

nuts-path.com {
    cache {
        nuts {
            path /tmp/nuts-path
        }
    }
}
nuts-configuration.com {
    cache {
        nuts {
            configuration {
                Dir /tmp/nuts-configuration
                EntryIdxMode 1
                RWMode 0
                SegmentSize 1024
                NodeNum 42
                SyncEnable true
                StartFileLoadingMode 1
            }
        }
    }
}

Olric

The olric provider must have either the url directive to work as client mode.

olric-url.com {
    cache {
        olric {
            url olric:3320
        }
    }
}

The olric provider must have either the path or the configuration directive to work as embedded mode.

olric-path.com {
    cache {
        olric {
            path /path/to/olricd.yml
        }
    }
}
olric-configuration.com {
    cache {
        nuts {
            configuration {
                Dir /tmp/nuts-configuration
                EntryIdxMode 1
                RWMode 0
                SegmentSize 1024
                NodeNum 42
                SyncEnable true
                StartFileLoadingMode 1
            }
        }
    }
}

Redis

The redis provider must have either the URL or the configuration directive.

redis-url.com {
    cache {
        redis {
            url 127.0.0.1:6379
        }
    }
}

You can also use the configuration. Refer to the Souin docs or rueidis client options to define your config as key value.

What does these directives mean?

Key Description Value example
allowed_http_verbs The HTTP verbs allowed to be cached GET POST PATCH

(default: GET HEAD)
api The cache-handler API cache management
api.basepath BasePath for all APIs to avoid conflicts /your-non-conflict-route

(default: /souin-api)
api.prometheus Enable the Prometheus metrics
api.souin.basepath Souin API basepath /another-souin-api-route

(default: /souin)
badger Configure the Badger cache storage
badger.path Configure Badger with a file /anywhere/badger_configuration.json
badger.configuration Configure Badger directly in the Caddyfile or your JSON caddy configuration See the Badger configuration for the options
cache_name Override the cache name to use in the Cache-Status response header Another Caddy Cache-Handler Souin
cache_keys Define the key generation rules for each URI matching the key regexp
cache_keys.{your regexp} Regexp that the URI should match to override the key generation .+\.css
cache_keys.{your regexp} Regexp that the URI should match to override the key generation .+\.css
cache_keys.{your regexp}.disable_body Disable the body part in the key matching the regexp (GraphQL context) true

(default: false)
cache_keys.{your regexp}.disable_host Disable the host part in the key matching the regexp true

(default: false)
cache_keys.{your regexp}.disable_method Disable the method part in the key matching the regexp true

(default: false)
cache_keys.{your regexp}.disable_query Disable the query string part in the key matching the regexp true

(default: false)
cache_keys.{your regexp}.headers Add headers to the key matching the regexp Authorization Content-Type X-Additional-Header
cache_keys.{your regexp}.hide Prevent the key from being exposed in the Cache-Status HTTP response header true

(default: false)
cdn The CDN management, if you use any cdn to proxy your requests Souin will handle that
cdn.provider The provider placed before Souin akamai

fastly

souin
cdn.api_key The api key used to access to the provider XXXX
cdn.dynamic Enable the dynamic keys returned by your backend application (default: true)
cdn.email The api key used to access to the provider if required, depending the provider XXXX
cdn.hostname The hostname if required, depending the provider domain.com
cdn.network The network if required, depending the provider your_network
cdn.strategy The strategy to use to purge the cdn cache, soft will keep the content as a stale resource hard

(default: soft)
cdn.service_id The service id if required, depending the provider 123456_id
cdn.zone_id The zone id if required, depending the provider anywhere_zone
default_cache_control Set the default value of Cache-Control response header if not set by upstream (Souin treats empty Cache-Control as public if omitted) no-store
key Override the key generation with the ability to disable unecessary parts
key.disable_body Disable the body part in the key (GraphQL context) true

(default: false)
key.disable_host Disable the host part in the key true

(default: false)
key.disable_method Disable the method part in the key true

(default: false)
key.disable_query Disable the query string part in the key true

(default: false)
key.disable_scheme Disable the scheme string part in the key true

(default: false)
key.hash Hash the key before store it in the storage to get smaller keys true

(default: false)
key.headers Add headers to the key matching the regexp Authorization Content-Type X-Additional-Header
key.hide Prevent the key from being exposed in the Cache-Status HTTP response header true

(default: false)
key.template Use caddy templates to create the key (when this option is enabled, disable_* directives are skipped) KEY-{http.request.uri.path}-{http.request.uri.query}
max_cacheable_body_bytes Set the maximum size (in bytes) for a response body to be cached (unlimited if omited) 1048576 (1MB)
mode Bypass the RFC respect One of bypass bypass_request bypass_response strict (default strict)
nuts Configure the Nuts cache storage
nuts.path Set the Nuts file path storage /anywhere/nuts/storage
nuts.configuration Configure Nuts directly in the Caddyfile or your JSON caddy configuration See the Nuts configuration for the options
etcd Configure the Etcd cache storage
etcd.configuration Configure Etcd directly in the Caddyfile or your JSON caddy configuration See the Etcd configuration for the options
olric Configure the Olric cache storage
olric.path Configure Olric with a file /anywhere/olric_configuration.json
olric.configuration Configure Olric directly in the Caddyfile or your JSON caddy configuration See the Olric configuration for the options
otter Configure the Otter cache storage
otter.configuration Configure Otter directly in the Caddyfile or your JSON caddy configuration
otter.configuration.size Set the size of the pool in Otter 999999 (default 10000)
redis Configure the Redis cache storage
redis.url Set the Redis url storage localhost:6379
redis.configuration Configure Redis directly in the Caddyfile or your JSON caddy configuration See the Nuts configuration for the options
regex.exclude The regex used to prevent paths being cached ^[A-z]+.*$
stale The stale duration 25m
storers Storers chain to fallback if a previous one is unreachable or don't have the resource otter nuts badger redis
timeout The timeout configuration
timeout.backend The timeout duration to consider the backend as unreachable 10s
timeout.cache The timeout duration to consider the cache provider as unreachable 10ms
ttl The TTL duration 120s
log_level The log level One of DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, DPANIC, PANIC, FATAL it's case insensitive

Other resources

You can find an example for the Caddyfile or the JSON file.
See the Souin configuration for the full configuration, and its associated Caddyfile

Development and Stable Versions

The Souin repository serves as the development version, where new features are introduced and tested. Once these features have been thoroughly stabilized, they are integrated into the cache-handler repository through a dependency update. This ensures that cache-handler remains the stable and reliable version for production use.