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konathalasuren
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How to enable caching of JS and CSS files on Dispatcher

  • August 10, 2017
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I added the below in dispatcher rules.any file:

/0002
      {
                /glob "*.css"
                /type "allow"
      }
/0003
      {
                /glob "*.js"
                /type "allow"
      }        

I removed the customer header we setting on dispatcher

Header always append Cache-Control "no-cache, no-store"

But i cannot see the JS, CSS files in the cached folders. I see html, json and jpg's.

What am i missing?

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Best answer by konathalasuren

The configuration in rules.any is actually working for me. Adding here for reference.

/0000  
       {  
               # the globbing pattern to be compared against the url  
               /glob "*"  
               /type "allow"  
       }

Or if you need to enable specific files then you can use the same rules.any file with the below configs

/0002  
      {  
                /glob "*.css"  
                /type "allow"  
      }  
/0003  
      {  
                /glob "*.js"  
                /type "allow"  
      }          

Try to access a css or js file directly and check the dispatcher logs if you see any exceptions.

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konathalasurenAuthorAccepted solution
New Participant
August 10, 2017

The configuration in rules.any is actually working for me. Adding here for reference.

/0000  
       {  
               # the globbing pattern to be compared against the url  
               /glob "*"  
               /type "allow"  
       }

Or if you need to enable specific files then you can use the same rules.any file with the below configs

/0002  
      {  
                /glob "*.css"  
                /type "allow"  
      }  
/0003  
      {  
                /glob "*.js"  
                /type "allow"  
      }          

Try to access a css or js file directly and check the dispatcher logs if you see any exceptions.

susheel
susheel
New Participant
August 10, 2017

Yes it should cache everything and the whatever you deny. Allow css and js not required here. Everything looks fine not able get a pointer. See if someone else point it out

~susheel

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konathalasurenAuthor
New Participant
August 10, 2017

rules.any

But i just realised.. won't the /0000 setting cache everything? I'm copying as it is.

/0000
        {
                # the globbing pattern to be compared against the url
                # example: *             -> everything
                #        : /foo/bar.*    -> only the /foo/bar documents
                #        : /foo/bar/*    -> all pages below /foo/bar
                #        : /foo/bar[./]* -> all pages below and /foo/bar itself
                #        : *.html        -> all .html files
                /glob "*"
                /type "allow"
        }
/0001
        {
                /glob "/libs/granite/csrf/token.json"
                /type "deny"
        }
/0002
      {
                /glob "*.css"
                /type "allow"
      }
/0003
      {
                /glob "*.js"
                /type "allow"
      }
susheel
susheel
New Participant
August 10, 2017

I see lot of includes in this file. Not sure where it went wrong. See if you have something inside rules.any

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konathalasurenAuthor
New Participant
August 10, 2017

Our dispatcher.any calls author-farm and publish-farm. Copying publish-farm.any below (removed some application specific allow/deny url's)

/publishfarm
        {
        # client headers which should be passed through to the render instances
        # (feature supported since dispatcher build 2.6.3.5222)
        /clientheaders
          {
                $include "clientheaders.any"
          }
        # hostname globbing for farm selection (virtual domain addressing)
        /virtualhosts
          {
                $include "publish-vhosts.any"
          }
        # the load will be balanced among these render instances
        /renders
          {
          $include "publish-renders.any"
          }
        # only handle the requests in the following acl. default is 'none'
        # the glob pattern is matched against the first request line
        /filter
          {
          # deny everything and allow specific entries
          /0001 { /type "deny"  /glob "*" }
          # open consoles
            /0012 { /type "allow" /glob "* /crx/*"    }  # allow content repository
            # /0013 { /type "allow" /glob "* /system/*" }  # allow OSGi console
          # allow non-public content directories
          #  /0021 { /type "allow" /glob "* /apps/*"   }  # allow apps access
            /0022 { /type "allow" /glob "* /bin/*"    }
             /0023 { /type "allow" /glob "* /content*" }  # disable this rule to allow mapped content only
              /0024 { /type "allow" /glob "* /libs/*"   }
          #    /0025 { /type "deny"  /glob "* /libs/shindig/proxy*" } # if you enable /libs close access to proxy
              /0026 { /type "allow" /glob "* /home/*"   }
          #    /0027 { /type "allow" /glob "* /tmp/*"    }
          #    /0028 { /type "allow" /glob "* /var/*"    }
          .......
          .......
          .......
        # enable specific mime types in non-public content directories
           /0041 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.css *"   }  # enable css
          # /0042 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.gif *"   }  # enable gifs
          # /0043 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.ico *"   }  # enable icos
           /0044 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.js *"    }  # enable javascript
          # /0045 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.png *"   }  # enable png
          # /0046 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.swf *"   }  # enable flash
          # /0047 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.svg *"   }  # enable SVG
          # /0048 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.woff *"  }  # enable woff
          # /0049 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.ttf *"   }  # enable ttf
          # /0050 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.eot *"   }  # enable eot
          # /0051 { /type "allow" /glob "* *.jpg *"   }  # enable jpg
          # enable specific mime types in non-public content directories
          /0041 { /type "allow" /url "* *.css *"   }  # enable css
          /0042 { /type "allow" /url"* *.gif *"   }  # enable gifs
          /0043 { /type "allow" /url "* *.ico *"   }  # enable icos
          /0044 { /type "allow" /url "* *.js *"    }  # enable javascript
          /0045 { /type "allow" /url "* *.png *"   }  # enable png
          /0046 { /type "allow" /url "* *.swf *"   }  # enable flash
          /0047 { /type "allow" /url "* *.svg *"   }  # enable SVG
          /0048 { /type "allow" /url "* *.woff *"  }  # enable woff
          /0049 { /type "allow" /url "* *.ttf *"   }  # enable ttf
          /0050 { /type "allow" /url "* *.eot *"   }  # enable eot
          /0051 { /type "allow" /url "* *.jpg *"   }  # enable jpg
          # enable features
          /0061 { /type "allow" /glob "POST /content/[.]*.form.html" }  # allow POSTs to form selectors under content
          /0062 { /type "allow" /glob "* /libs/cq/personalization/*" }  # enable personalization
          #/0063 { /type "allow" /glob "POST /content/[.]*.commerce.cart.json" }  # allow POSTs to update the shopping cart
          # deny content grabbing
          /0081 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.infinity.json*" }
          /0082 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.tidy.json*"     }
          /0083 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.sysview.xml*"   }
          /0084 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.docview.json*"  }
          /0085 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.docview.xml*"   }
          # /0086 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.*[0-9].json*"   }
          /0087 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET *.feed.xml*"      }
          #  /0088 { /type "allow" /glob "GET *.1.json*"   }  # allow one-level json requests
          # deny query
          /0090 { /type "deny"  /glob "* *.query.json*" }
          # Elham's changes
          /0091 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET /content.pages.json*"      }
          /0092 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET /content.languages.json*"      }
          /0093 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET /content.blueprint.json*"      }
          /0094 { /type "deny"  /glob "GET /content.feed.html*"      }
          
         # Site admin:
         /0130 { /type "allow" /url "/libs/wcm/core/content/search/searchpanel/facets.overlay.infinity.json" }
         /0131 {/type "allow" /path "/content/*" /selectors '(upsid)' /extension '(json)' }
        }
        # allow propagation of replication posts (should seldomly be used)
        /propagateSyndPost "0"
        # the cache is used to store requests from the renders for faster delivery
        # for a second time.
        /cache
          {
          # the cacheroot must be equal to the document root of the webserver
          /docroot "/mnt/var/www/html"
          # sets the level upto which files named ".stat" will be created in the
          # document root of the webserver. when an activation request for some
          # handle is received, only files within the same subtree are affected
          # by the invalidation.
          /statfileslevel "0"
          # caches also authorized data
          /allowAuthorized "0"
          # the rules define, which pages should be cached. please note that
          # - only GET requests are cached
          # - only requests with an extension are cached
          # - only requests without query parameters ( ? ) are cached
          # - only unauthorized pages are cached unless allowUnauthorized is set to 1
          /rules
                {
                        $include "rules.any"
                }
          # the invalidate section defines those pages which are 'invalidated' after
          # any activation. please note that, the activated page itself and all
          # related documents are flushed on an modification. for example: if the
          # page /foo/bar is activated, all /foo/bar.* files are removed from the
          # cache.
          /invalidate
{
                /0000
                  {
                  /glob "*"
                  /type "deny"
                  }
                /0001
                  {
                  /glob "*.html"
                  /type "allow"
                  }
               /0002
                 {
                 /glob "*.css"
                /type "allow"
                 }
               /0003
                 {
                 /glob "*.js"
                 /type "allow"
                 }
               
                }
          /allowedClients
                {
                /0000
                  {
                  /glob "*.*.*.*"
                  /type "deny"
                  }
                $include "publish-invalidate-allowed.any"
                }
          }
        # Allowing Stick Sessions for UPS
        /stickyConnectionsFor "/content/brand/en-us"
        # Confgurtion to increase session timeout limit
        /sessionmanagement
        {
                /directory "/mnt/var/www/html/content/.sessions"
                /header "Cookie:login-token"
                /timeout "3600"
        }
        # the statistics define, how the load should be balanced among the renders
        # according to the media-type.
        /statistics
          {
          /categories
                {
                /html
                  {
                  /glob "*.html"
                  }
                /others
                  {
                  /glob "*"
                  }
                }
          }
        }
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susheel
susheel
New Participant
August 10, 2017

Hi,

Can you share your dispatcher.any rules. Normally we don't write any specific rules to allow js or css. It should to cached by default until we add some rules to deny caching.

~susheel

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