Setting the Cache Default

The proxy server allows you to identify a cache default for specific resources. A resource is a type of file that matches certain criteria that you specify. For instance, you may want your server to automatically cache all documents from the domain company.com. If so, click the Regular Expression button on the top of the Set Caching Configuration page and, in the field that appears, enter

[a-z] *://[^/:]\\.company\\.com.*.

By default, the Cache option is selected. Your server automatically caches all cacheable documents from that domain. For more information on regular expressions, see Understanding Regular Expressions.

If you set the cache default for a particular resource to either Derived configuration or Don’t cache, it is not necessary to configure the cache for that resource. However, if you choose a cache default of Cache for a resource, you can specify several other configuration items. For a list of these items, see Configuring the Cache.

The cache default for HTTP, FTP, and Gopher can also be set on the Set Cache Specifics page.