How to enable Nginx caching in Plesk?

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Plesk for Linux


Question

How to enable Nginx caching in Plesk?


Answer

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?

To enable nginx Byte-Cache and nginx FastCGI caching, follow these steps:

                              Enable nginx caching for a single domain

1.Log into Plesk

2.Go to Domains > example.com > Hosting & DNS > Apache & nginx

3.Tick the Enable nginx caching option and press the OK button to apply the changes:




                                  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

1.Log into Plesk

2.Go to Service Plans > Hosting Plans tab

3.Click on the name of the existing plan to edit it.

4.Go to the Web Server > nginx settings and enable checkbox next to Enable nginx caching:



5.Click Update & Sync