cozystack/packages/apps/http-cache

Managed Nginx Caching Service

The Nginx 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 infromation

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 resonse time

• https://github.com/vozlt/nginx-module-vts/issues/198

Parameters

Common parameters

Name	Description	Value
external	Enable external access from outside the cluster	false
size	Persistent Volume size	10Gi
haproxy.replicas	Number of HAProxy replicas	2
nginx.replicas	Number of Nginx replicas	2

Configuration parameters

Name	Description	Value
endpoints	Endpoints configuration	[]