Rack::Cache
===========

Rack::Cache is suitable as a quick drop-in component to enable HTTP caching for
Rack-based applications that produce freshness (Expires, Cache-Control) and/or
validation (Last-Modified, ETag) information.

We strive to implement those portions of RFC 2616 Section 13 relevant to gateway
(i.e., "reverse proxy") cache scenarios with a system for specifying cache
policy:

  * Standards-based (RFC 2616)
  * Freshness/expiration based caching
  * Validation
  * Vary support
  * Portable: 100% Ruby / works with any Rack-enabled framework
  * Configuration language for advanced caching policies
  * Disk, memcached, and heap memory storage backends

For more information about Rack::Cache features and usage, see:

http://tomayko.com/src/rack-cache/

Rack::Cache is not overly optimized for performance. The main goal of the
project is to provide a portable, easy-to-configure, and standards-based
caching solution for small to medium sized deployments. More sophisticated /
high-performance caching systems (e.g., Varnish, Squid, httpd/mod-cache) may be
more appropriate for large deployments with significant throughput requirements.

Status
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Rack::Cache is a young and experimental project that is likely to change
substantially and may not be wholly functional, consistent, fast, or correct.
The current focus is on reaching basic compliance with RFC 2616 and providing
good documentation.

Installation
------------

From Gem:

    $ sudo gem install rack-cache

With a local working copy:

    $ git clone git://github.com/rtomayko/rack-cache.git
    $ rake package && sudo rake install

Basic Usage
-----------

Rack::Cache is implemented as a piece of Rack middleware and can be used with
any Rack-based application. If your application includes a rackup (`.ru`) file
or uses Rack::Builder to construct the application pipeline, simply require
and use as follows:

    require 'rack/cache'

    use Rack::Cache,
      :metastore   => 'file:/var/cache/rack/meta',
      :entitystore => 'file:/var/cache/rack/body',
      :verbose     => true

    run app

Assuming you've designed your backend application to take advantage of HTTP's
caching features, no further code or configuration is required for basic
caching.

Documentation
-------------

http://tomayko.com/src/rack-cache/

License
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Copyright (c) 2008 Ryan Tomayko <http://tomayko.com/about>

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