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Question

How to enable Nginx caching in Plesk?


Answer
Note: This feature is available starting from Plesk 17.8 version.

Note: Before enabling caching, it is strongly recommended to switch PHP files processing to PHP-FPM application served by nginx type in Domains > example.com > PHP settings. Existing .htaccess rules for Apache should be converted to nginx syntax: How to keep.htaccess rules after switching PHP handler from Apache to nginx in Plesk?
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To enable nginx Byte-Cache and nginx FastCGI caching, follow these steps:

                      Enable nginx caching for a single domain

• Log into Plesk
• Go to Domains > example.com > Hosting & DNS > Apache & nginx
• Tick the Enable nginx caching option and press the OK button to apply the changes:

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                        Enable nginx caching for a Service Plan
Note: Following the steps below will enable caching for all newly created Subscriptions that are using this Service Plan

• Log into Plesk
• Go to Service Plans > Hosting Plans tab
• Click on the name of the existing plan to edit it.
• Go to the Web Server > nginx settings and enable checkbox next to Enable nginx caching:

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• Click Update & Sync