django and nginx reverse proxy cache

Boosting Django Performance with the Nginx Reverse Proxy

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Your site is lame!

Why?

Nginx

NginxGunicorn

NginxGunicorn

DB

NginxGunicorn

DB FS

NginxGunicorn

DB FS

NginxGunicorn

DB FS

NginxGunicorn

DB FS

NginxGunicorn

DB FS

NginxGunicorn

DB FS

NginxGunicorn

DB FS

NginxGunicorn

DB FS

NginxGunicorn

DB FS

NginxGunicorn

DB FS

“The key to making programs fast is to make them

do practically nothing”

-- Mike Haertel (Author of GNU grep)

The Solution:

NginxGunicorn

DB FS

proxy_cache nginx_cache;

Nginx Reverse Proxy Cache Config

proxy_cache nginx_cache;

proxy_cache_path /data/nginx-cache levels=1:2 max_size=10g inactive=1y keys_zone=nginx_cache:40m;

Nginx Reverse Proxy Cache Config

proxy_cache nginx_cache;

proxy_cache_path /data/nginx-cache levels=1:2 max_size=10g inactive=1y keys_zone=nginx_cache:40m;

proxy_temp_path /data/nginx-cache-temp 1 2;

Nginx Reverse Proxy Cache Config

proxy_cache nginx_cache;

proxy_cache_path /data/nginx-cache levels=1:2 max_size=10g inactive=1y keys_zone=nginx_cache:40m;

proxy_temp_path /data/nginx-cache-temp 1 2;

proxy_cache_key "$scheme://$host$request_uri";

Nginx Reverse Proxy Cache Config

proxy_cache nginx_cache;

proxy_cache_path /data/nginx-cache levels=1:2 max_size=10g inactive=1y keys_zone=nginx_cache:40m;

proxy_temp_path /data/nginx-cache-temp 1 2;

proxy_cache_key "$scheme://$host$request_uri";

proxy_cache_valid 200 6M;

Nginx Reverse Proxy Cache Config

proxy_cache nginx_cache;

proxy_cache_path /data/nginx-cache levels=1:2 max_size=10g inactive=1y keys_zone=nginx_cache:40m;

proxy_temp_path /data/nginx-cache-temp 1 2;

proxy_cache_key "$scheme://$host$request_uri";

proxy_cache_valid 200 6M;

proxy_ignore_headers Cache-Control;proxy_ignore_headers Set-Cookie;proxy_hide_header Set-Cookie;

Nginx Reverse Proxy Cache Config

proxy_cache nginx_cache;

proxy_cache_path /data/nginx-cache levels=1:2 max_size=10g inactive=1y keys_zone=nginx_cache:40m;

proxy_temp_path /data/nginx-cache-temp 1 2;

proxy_cache_key "$scheme://$host$request_uri";

proxy_cache_valid 200 6M;

proxy_ignore_headers Cache-Control;proxy_ignore_headers Set-Cookie;proxy_hide_header Set-Cookie;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;proxy_set_header Host $http_host;

Nginx Reverse Proxy Cache Config

proxy_cache nginx_cache;

proxy_cache_path /data/nginx-cache levels=1:2 max_size=10g inactive=1y keys_zone=nginx_cache:40m;

proxy_temp_path /data/nginx-cache-temp 1 2;

proxy_cache_key "$scheme://$host$request_uri";

proxy_cache_valid 200 6M;

proxy_ignore_headers Cache-Control;proxy_ignore_headers Set-Cookie;proxy_hide_header Set-Cookie;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;proxy_set_header Host $http_host;

add_header X-Cached $upstream_cache_status;

Nginx Reverse Proxy Cache Config

The result:

-62%Response time

Your site is fast!

Anton Pirkeranton@ignaz.at@antonpirker

Slideshttp://goo.gl/pGXlkD

Blog posthttp://anton-pirker.at/boosting-djangos-performance-

with-nginx-reverse-proxy-cache/

Thank you for listening!