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LiteHTTPD

Caching

Directives

Section titled “Directives”
DirectiveSyntax
ExpiresActiveExpiresActive On|Off
ExpiresByTypeExpiresByType MIME-type "base plus num unit"
ExpiresDefaultExpiresDefault "base plus num unit"

Time Units

Section titled “Time Units”

years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds

Base Values

Section titled “Base Values”
BaseMeaning
accessTime of client access (request time)
modificationFile modification time (treated as access in OLS)

Examples

Section titled “Examples”

Standard Cache Headers

Section titled “Standard Cache Headers”
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/webp "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType font/woff2 "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresDefault "access plus 2 days"

This generates Cache-Control: max-age=N and Expires: response headers automatically.

W3 Total Cache Style

Section titled “W3 Total Cache Style”
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 31536000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 31536000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 31536000 seconds"