Nginx Advanced #03 | FastCGI Cache | PHP/Python at Edge
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PHP and Python responses cached at nginx — same as proxy_cache, but for FastCGI backends. WordPress at 50k req/s.
What's covered:
🎯 fastcgi_cache_path: zones for FastCGI specifically
🎯 fastcgi_cache_key with $request_method + $host + $request_uri
🎯 Skipping cache for logged-in users (cookies)
🎯 fastcgi_cache_use_stale: graceful degradation
🎯 Production WordPress example (8x perf gain)
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▶️ Previous: proxy_cache
▶️ Next: HTTP/2 + HTTP/3
Timestamps:
0:00 FastCGI vs proxy cache
1:30 fastcgi_cache_path setup
2:45 Cache key design
3:30 Skip for logged-in users
4:30 use_stale for resilience
5:00 WordPress production config
6:00 Cheat sheet
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