Caching Local Hosts

If a URL requested from a local host lacks a domain name, the Proxy Server will not cache it. This behavior avoids duplicate caching. For example, if a user requests http://machine/filename.html and http://machine.example.com/filename.html from a local server, both URLs might appear in the cache. Because these files are from a local server, they may be retrieved so quickly caching them is not necessary.

However, if your company has servers in many remote locations, you might want to cache documents from all hosts to reduce network traffic and decrease the time needed to access the files.

To Enable the Caching of Local Hosts

1. Access the Server Manager, and click the Caching tab.

2. Click the Cache Local Hosts link.

   The Cache Local Hosts page is displayed.

3. Select the resource from the drop-down list or click the Regular Expression button, type a regular expression, and click OK.

   For more information on regular expressions, see Chapter 16, Managing Templates and Resources.

4. Click the enabled button.

5. Click OK.

6. Click Restart Required.

   The Apply Changes page is displayed.

7. Click the Restart Proxy Server button to apply the changes.