Would you like to learn how to configure the browser cache policy on the Apache server? In this tutorial, we are going to configure the Mod_expires to inform the user's browser to cache objects for a specific amount of time.

• Ubuntu 20
• Ubuntu 19
• Ubuntu 18
• Apache 2.4.41

In our example, the Apache server is hosting the website WWW.GAMEKING.TIPS

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Tutorial Apache - Configure the browser cache policy

Install the Apache server.

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Enable the required Apache modules.

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Edit the Apache configuration file for the website.

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Add the following lines to this configuration file.

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Here is the file, before our configuration.

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Here is the file, after our configuration.

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Restart the Apache service.

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In our example, the remote user's browser will cache image files from the Apache server for 30 days.

From a remote Linux computer, try to access an image.

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Here is the command output.

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In our example, the Apache server uses the connection header to tell the user's browser to cache files for 30 days.

Congratulations! You configured the cache policy for the browser on the Apache server.

Tutorial Apache - Configure the browser cache policy using HTACCESS

Install the Apache server.

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Enable the required Apache modules.

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Edit the Apache configuration file.

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Add the following lines at the end of the file.

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Create an HTACCESS file on the website directory.

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Add the following lines to this configuration file.

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Configure the correct file permission.

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Restart the Apache service.

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From a remote Linux computer, try to access an image.
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Here is the command output.

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In our example, the Apache server uses the connection header to tell the user's browser to cache files

Congratulations! You configured the cache policy for the browser on the Apache server.