Enable HTTP cached in Nginx - nginx

Question

I'm using Nginx as a web server for my site.
My goal is to enable caching on my site so my site can load faster.
I've tried added
proxy_cache one;
Nginx Config File
server {
listen 80 default_server;
server_name default;
root /home/forge/web-app/public;
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
index index.html index.htm index.php;
charset utf-8;
location ~* \.html$ {
expires -1;
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
#configure cache
proxy_cache one; <----------------------------- Added HERE
proxy_cache_valid any 1m;
}
location ~* \.(css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)$ {
expires 168h;
add_header Pragma public;
add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
}
location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
location = /robots.txt { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
access_log off;
error_log /var/log/nginx/default-error.log error;
error_page 404 /index.php;
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
#configure cache
proxy_cache one;
proxy_cache_valid any 1m;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
How do I properly enable HTTP cached in Nginx, and test my work ?
Any hints / suggestions will be much appreciated !

Answer 1

You need to define this cache zone first using proxy_cache_path. Here's the tutorial.