Caching is not working in nginx using proxy_cache. - nginx

Question

I'am trying to set up basic caching in my openresty nginx webserver. I have tried milion different combinations from many different tutorials, but I can't get it right. Here is my nginx.conf file
user www-data;
worker_processes 4;
pid /run/openresty.pid;
worker_rlimit_nofile 30000;
events {
worker_connections 20000;
}
http {
proxy_cache_path /tmp/nginx/cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=cache:10m max_size=100m inactive=60m;
proxy_cache_key "$scheme$request_method$host$request_uri";
add_header X-Cache $upstream_cache_status;
include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
access_log /var/log/openresty/access.log;
error_log /var/log/openresty/error.log;
include ../sites/*;
lua_package_cpath '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/?.so;;';
}
And here is my server configuration
server {
# Listen on port 8080.
listen 8080;
listen [::]:8080;
# The document root.
root /var/www/cache;
# Add index.php if you are using PHP.
index index.php index.html index.htm;
# The server name, which isn't relevant in this case, because we only have one.
server_name cache.com;
# Redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html.
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
root /var/www/cache;
}
location /test.html {
root /var/www/cache;
default_type text/plain;
try_files $uri /$uri;
expires 1h;
add_header Cache-Control "public";
proxy_cache cache;
proxy_cache_valid 200 301 302 60m;
}
}
Caching should work fine, there is nothing in error.log or access.log, caching system folder is empty, X-Cache header with $upstream_cache_status is not even showing, when I get headers from curl (curl -I). Now in my nginx (openresty) configuration there is no --without-ngx_http_proxy_module flag so the module is there. I have no idea what am I doing wrong please help.

Answer 1

You didn't define anything that can be cached: proxy_cache works togeher with proxy_pass.

Answer 2

The add_header defined inside the http block will be covered the one defined in the server block. Here is the snippet from the document about add_header
There could be several add_header directives. These directives are inherited from the previous level if and only if there are no add_header directives defined on the current level.
If the always parameter is specified (1.7.5), the header field will be added regardless of the response code.
So you cannot see the X-Cache header as expected.