Re: [squid-users] Purging cache objects

From: Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz <luis.daniel.lucio_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 11:28:14 -0500

Le lundi 16 mai 2011 08:14:51, N3O a �crit :
> Amos
>
> One thing I'm not 100% clear on. If we hold down the shift key and the
> refresh, does that also clear the object from cache, or does it just
> tell the squid server to by-pass the cache for this request?
> Thanks!
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:01:38 -0300, N3O wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Is it possible to purge something from the cache via the CacheMgr.cgi
> >> interface? I need to quickly remove any incorrect content from a
> >> website that uses two reverse proxies as a caching layer..
> >> thanks!
> >
> > Not really. That is still on the wishlist.
> >
> >
> > Holding CTRL down while clicking the reload button in your browser will
> > clear out all objects for that page from every proxy in the path. However
> > this requires an HTTP standards-compliant proxy. Proxies using the
> > refresh_pattern override-* or ignore-* which warn about standards
> > compliance can block the updates. As can the http_port "ignore-cc"
> > option on reverse-proxies (thus a separate unflagged management port is
> > useful on reverse proxies).
> >
> >
> > If you have PURGE access permitted you can send a PURGE request for the
> > relevant URL.
> >
> > squidclient -m PURGE -H '$vary_headers' $url
> >
> > where $url is the URL being purged, and $vary_headers are what the
> > browser sent for each Vary: listed header to get the object cached.
> > Recent releases will reveal what those where in the cachemgr object
> > report, otherwise its a blind guess.
> >
> >
> > Alternatively you could use the squidpurge tool to find and remove
> > things.
> >
> > Amos

I you love Mandriva, I did backport a RPM squid-purge that supports squid 3.x
you may test it, it is in 2010.1/contrib/release
Received on Mon May 16 2011 - 16:28:30 MDT

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