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Hello all,

I'm new to Hiawatha, and must say I love it! Well, except for this one thing; I'm trying to implement caching using Directory entries thus:

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VirtualHost {
    Hostname = xxx.domain.net, *.xxx.domain.net
    WebsiteRoot = /home/xxx/public_html
    UseDirectory = cache-control-1w, cache-control-2w, cache-control-2m
    StartFile = index.php
    AccessLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/vhosts/xxx/access.log
    ErrorLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/vhosts/xxx/error.log
    TimeForCGI = 60
    UseFastCGI = PHP5
    CustomHeader = X-Frame-Options: sameorigin
    CustomHeader = Vary: Accept-Encoding
    RandomHeader = 64
    UseToolkit = wordpress
    EnforceFirstHostname = yes
    PreventXSS = yes
    PreventCSRF = yes
    PreventSQLi = yes
}
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and the following Directory stanzas:

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Directory {
    DirectoryID = cache-control-1w
    Path = /home/xyz/wp/, /home/xxx/public_html/
    Extensions = gif, htm, html, jpeg, jpg, png
    ExpirePeriod 1 week
}

Directory {
    DirectoryID = cache-control-2w
    Path = /home/xyz/wp/, /home/xxx/public_html/
    Extensions = css, js, svg, swf, ttf, txt
    ExpirePeriod 2 weeks
}

Directory {
    DirectoryID = cache-control-2m
    Path = /home/xyz/wp/, /home/xxx/public_html/
    Extensions = eot, ico, otf, pdf, ps, psd ttf, woff, woff2
    ExpirePeriod 2 months
}
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I absolutely cannot get GTMetrix or any other site testing place to accept the fact that I have caching enabled. It's getting frustrating as all get out. I won't even get into the Gzip stuff yet

Any hints or insight is appreciated.

Rob

Hello,

If I'm understanding correcty, you are defining the path relative to the root of your server's files system : the path is relative to the root of your website. And directories inherit the rules from their parents.

Using this code should work for all you website :

Directory {
    DirectoryID = cache-control-1w
    Path = /
    Extensions = gif, htm, html, jpeg, jpg, png
    ExpirePeriod 1 week
}

Directory {
    DirectoryID = cache-control-2w
    Path = /
    Extensions = css, js, svg, swf, ttf, txt
    ExpirePeriod 2 weeks
}

Directory {
    DirectoryID = cache-control-2m
    Path = /
    Extensions = eot, ico, otf, pdf, ps, psd ttf, woff, woff2
    ExpirePeriod 2 months
}

Gzip should work « automagically ». Hugo talked about it here [www.hiawatha-webserver.org] :

Hello Nicholas,

Thank you - I will give that a try and see how it goes!

~Rob