cozystack/packages/apps/http-cache

Managed Nginx-based HTTP Cache Service

The Nginx-based HTTP caching service is designed to optimize web traffic and enhance web application performance. This service combines custom-built Nginx instances with HAProxy for efficient caching and load balancing.

Deployment information

The Nginx instances include the following modules and features:

• VTS module for statistics
• Integration with ip2location
• Integration with ip2proxy
• Support for 51Degrees
• Cache purge functionality

HAproxy plays a vital role in this setup by directing incoming traffic to specific Nginx instances based on a consistent hash calculated from the URL. Each Nginx instance includes a Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) for storing cached content, ensuring fast and reliable access to frequently used resources.

Deployment Details

The deployment architecture is illustrated in the diagram below:

          ┌─────────┐
          │ metallb │ arp announce
          └────┬────┘
               │
               │
       ┌───────▼───────────────────────────┐
       │  kubernetes service               │  node
       │ (externalTrafficPolicy: Local)    │  level
       └──────────┬────────────────────────┘
                  │
                  │
             ┌────▼────┐  ┌─────────┐
             │ haproxy │  │ haproxy │   loadbalancer
             │ (active)│  │ (backup)│      layer
             └────┬────┘  └─────────┘
                  │
                  │ balance uri whole
                  │ hash-type consistent
           ┌──────┴──────┬──────────────┐
       ┌───▼───┐     ┌───▼───┐      ┌───▼───┐ caching
       │ nginx │     │ nginx │      │ nginx │  layer
       └───┬───┘     └───┬───┘      └───┬───┘
           │             │              │
      ┌────┴───────┬─────┴────┬─────────┴──┐
      │            │          │            │
  ┌───▼────┐  ┌────▼───┐  ┌───▼────┐  ┌────▼───┐
  │ origin │  │ origin │  │ origin │  │ origin │
  └────────┘  └────────┘  └────────┘  └────────┘

Known issues

• VTS module shows wrong upstream response time, github.com/vozlt/nginx-module-vts#198

Parameters

Common parameters

Name	Description	Type	Value
size	Persistent Volume Claim size, available for application data	quantity	10Gi
storageClass	StorageClass used to store the data	string	""
external	Enable external access from outside the cluster	bool	false

Application-specific parameters

Name	Description	Type	Value
endpoints	Endpoints configuration, as a list of ip:port	[]string	[]

HAProxy parameters

Name	Description	Type	Value
haproxy	HAProxy configuration	object	{}
haproxy.replicas	Number of HAProxy replicas	int	2
haproxy.resources	Explicit CPU and memory configuration for each replica. When left empty, the preset defined in resourcesPreset is applied.	object	{}
haproxy.resources.cpu	CPU available to each replica	*quantity	null
haproxy.resources.memory	Memory (RAM) available to each replica	*quantity	null
haproxy.resourcesPreset	Default sizing preset used when resources is omitted. Allowed values: nano, micro, small, medium, large, xlarge, 2xlarge.	string	nano

Nginx parameters

Name	Description	Type	Value
nginx	Nginx configuration	object	{}
nginx.replicas	Number of Nginx replicas	int	2
nginx.resources	Explicit CPU and memory configuration for each replica. When left empty, the preset defined in resourcesPreset is applied.	*object	null
nginx.resources.cpu	CPU available to each replica	*quantity	null
nginx.resources.memory	Memory (RAM) available to each replica	*quantity	null
nginx.resourcesPreset	Default sizing preset used when resources is omitted. Allowed values: nano, micro, small, medium, large, xlarge, 2xlarge.	string	nano

Parameter examples and reference

resources and resourcesPreset

resources sets explicit CPU and memory configurations for each replica. When left empty, the preset defined in resourcesPreset is applied.

resources:
  cpu: 4000m
  memory: 4Gi

resourcesPreset sets named CPU and memory configurations for each replica. This setting is ignored if the corresponding resources value is set.

Preset name	CPU	memory
nano	250m	128Mi
micro	500m	256Mi
small	1	512Mi
medium	1	1Gi
large	2	2Gi
xlarge	4	4Gi
2xlarge	8	8Gi

endpoints

endpoints is a flat list of IP addresses:

endpoints:
  - 10.100.3.1:80
  - 10.100.3.11:80
  - 10.100.3.2:80
  - 10.100.3.12:80
  - 10.100.3.3:80
  - 10.100.3.13:80