How to get Squid to not cache files with certain extensions?

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I've found information on how to keep squid from caching domains/IP addresses, however, that's not quite what I want. I'd like to prevent it from caching .jnlp and .jar files.

The core problem being that when I push updates out to our server, our users that are behind a squid proxy may not get the updated version for several days (apparently it takes that long for squid to figure out that the files have changed). Perhaps I've missed an even easier solution?

squillman · Accepted Answer · 2009-05-21T14:24:39.907

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Maybe something like this in your conf:

acl DENYZIP urlpath_regex \.zip
no_cache deny DENYZIP

You could, of course, make a much more sophisticated regex that would handle multiple files (and change the acl name accordingly).

edited May 21 '09 at 14:24

answered May 15 '09 at 16:08

squillman

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Hmmm, can't quite get this to work as written. Blows up with regex errors. Trying re-writes with a true regex. – Brian Knoblauch May 21 '09 at 14:06
Bah, yeah my bad. *.zip is a "brain-on-auto-pilot" typo... Edited to remove the *. – squillman May 21 '09 at 14:24

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 30 '17 at 06:09

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If your squid version is 3.3 and higher then you should

acl DENYZIP urlpath_regex \.zip
cache deny DENYZIP

Because no_cache directive replaced by cache

answered Jul 30 '17 at 06:09

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 12 '15 at 08:18

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IIRC you do this by setting up refresh_pattern rules in your squid.conf file. This matches URL's by regex and sets caching policies for the matches. The reference manual describes it here.

Note that the refresh_pattern rules apply only to responses without an explicit expiration time.

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answered May 15 '09 at 16:15

ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells

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How to get Squid to not cache files with certain extensions?

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