If my site is vinnchan.net, then the directory should be cache/normal/vinnchan.net and should set the cache folder to 0775 permission ?

If it is above case, so I should keep Root cache directory : cache and Normal cache directory : normal?

Thanks for help

This module helped a lot - thank you!

I follow every step that I read in README.txt for Drupal 7 and every thing looks fine, but when I click over my site logo or other link I lost my session. What was my mistake? . Thank you for your help...

The 'file system' page instructions are a little unclear. It says to let them default. That is correct. Just leave them alone: Root cache directory = 'cache'. Normal cache directory = 'normal'. You don't have to change the settings to 'cache/normal/www.example.com' as you might infer.

I was averaging 8-10 second page loads. I followed this guide exactly (which is one of the clearest guides i have seen on Drupal) and instantly my page loads, when logged out and no admin menu, is about 3-4 seconds.

I do have some questions:

1. Since the page info is stored as a gzipped html and not accessing my database as much does this mean my my monthly VPS MB limit can be reduced? i have a limit of 300mb and my database VPS crashes at least once a day. I ask because as a new business i am broke and want to try and minimize costs as much as possible.

2. how does this work with a responsive theme for mobile?

3. It seems that page load is still very slow as a logged in user. Anonymous user is at about 3 seconds page load now. Did i do something wrong in my setup of Boost?

thanks in advance for the info!

I have a vhost configuration. The multisite is setup as follows

/home/potliweb/

Site 1 - /home/potliweb/sites/potli.sastratechnologies.biz
Site 2 - /home/potliweb/sites/potlim.sastratechnologies.biz

So where should the cache directories be created in /home/potliweb or in the respective site directories. Documentation is not clear on this. It just says that Boost supports multisite setup.

Also how do I check if Boost is working. In Drupal 6, Boost used to append its signature at the bottom of the page when the page is cached. Does the same apply in D7?

Hi, I installed Boost as per the instructions, and I was able to see the files being cached in the path mentioned. I did not see any improvement in the page loads, so I did some troubleshooting and found out that the files are not being served from cache. Each time the link is refreshed, a new file is being created/modified in the cache directory. I am using the latest version of Boost and 2.4 Apache. Can anyone please help out if you faced a similar issue before? Thanks for your help !!!!

If you have your website setup in a subfolder, it is important to note that step 8, pasting the htaccess code, is NOT correct. If your site is in a subfolder, and you use a htaccess in the root to obscure that drupal is in a subdirectory, then you have to put the boost htaccess rules in the root's htaccess, not the htaccess in the drupal folder. Here's what I did to have Drupal in a subfolder and have boost working:

RewriteEngine on

  ### BOOST START ###
#Here the boost stuff.
  ### BOOST END ###

  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
  RewriteRule ^ http://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

  RewriteRule ^$ drupal/index.php [L]

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteRule ^drupal/(.*)$ drupal/index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/drupal/$1 -f
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ drupal/$1 [L]

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ drupal/index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

Hope this helps someone, this took me a couple of hours to debug.

If anybody has been having trouble with Boost successfully caching the files, but not serving them, I have detected one situation, Boost skips serving cached files when there is this cookie DRUPAL_UID, this is the case for logged users, if the pages "user", "user/password", "user/register", etc, get cached, somehow this keeps the DRUPAL_UID cookie existing for anonymous users, so.

Solution:

1. Add these exceptions to your boost caching pages at the admin settings page for Boost:
   
   

   user
   user/password
   user/register
   

2. Log In, and Log out.
3. Clean your cache and your COOKIES.

Now, everything should be working fine.

Thanks a lot your post help me lot and save me lots of time
:)
thanks great job

Hi,

We are trying to configure Boost in Drupal 7.24.

We've follow all Boost 7.x: installation instructions.

We are using apache 2.3 and our Drupal instance is in a folder named /var/www/html/portal/
We have this in our httpd.conf to put it as the server root: DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/portal"
Our url does not include a www prefix. (Ex: http//drupal7.portaltest.com/)

Here is our situation:

• All site subpages are correctly cached and served
• We are unable to make our front page cached and served (no _.html in /cache/normal/drupal7.portaltest.com/ and no redirection)
• We've checked "Cache all pages but none of the listed above" in Boost module settings

We've tried a lot's of tweaking, reading, testing and now we need your help...

P.S.

• We've checked the mod_rewrite.log and there is no redirection when we access http//drupal7.portaltest.com/
• We've found this in the "/admin/config/search/redirect/404" config page:
  index
• Here is our current boost .htaccess part

  ### BOOST START ###

  # Allow for alt paths to be set via htaccess rules; allows for cached variants (future mobile support)
  RewriteRule .* - [E=boostpath:normal]

  # Caching for anonymous users
  # Skip boost IF not get request OR uri has wrong dir OR cookie is set OR request came from this server
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^(GET|HEAD)$ [OR]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^/(admin|cache|misc|modules|sites|system|openid|themes|node/add|comment/reply))|(/(edit|user|user/(login|password|register))$) [OR]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} DRUPAL_UID [OR]
  RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} 200
  RewriteRule .* - [S=3]

  # GZIP
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} !gzip
  RewriteRule .* - [S=1]
  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/cache/%{ENV:boostpath}/%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI}_%{QUERY_STRING}\.html -s
  RewriteRule .* cache/%{ENV:boostpath}/%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI}_%{QUERY_STRING}\.html [L,T=text/html,E=no-gzip:1]

  # NORMAL
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index.php$
  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/cache/%{ENV:boostpath}/%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI}_%{QUERY_STRING}\.html -s
  RewriteRule .* cache/%{ENV:boostpath}/%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI}_%{QUERY_STRING}\.html [L,T=text/html]

  ### BOOST END ###

Thank's,

Simon Rousseau
CSSMI

I have a Drupal 7 site and I installed Boost which I have installed successfully on other sites. On this specific site, Boost is creating the cached pages but not serving them. I'm able to navigate to the cached pages using www.mysite.com/cache/normal/mysiteURL/cachedpage.html and the cached page displays correctly. I thought the problem might have been that the pages were being re-cached with every request but I checked and the cached pages appear to be remaining for the expiration period I've set so they are not being re-cached.

Can anyone suggest why Boost is able to create the cached pages but the system is not serving them?

thanks,

Hi,

I installed the Drupal Boost module on my website. Everything works fine, except that I can't login to the admin/user page after I paste the Boost-code in my .htaccess file.
When I fill in my credentials on /user page, nothing happens. If I delete the Boost-code from the .htaccess it works again.

Here is my .htaccess:

# Apache/PHP/Drupal settings:
#

# Protect files and directories from prying eyes.
<FilesMatch "\.(engine|inc|info|install|make|module|profile|test|po|sh|.*sql|theme|tpl(\.php)?|xtmpl)(~|\.sw[op]|\.bak|\.orig|\.save)?$|^(\..*|Entries.*|Repository|Root|Tag|Template|composer\.(json|lock))$|^#.*#$|\.php(~|\.sw[op]|\.bak|\.orig\.save)$">
  Order allow,deny
</FilesMatch>

# Don't show directory listings for URLs which map to a directory.
# Options -Indexes

# Follow symbolic links in this directory.
# Options +FollowSymLinks

# Make Drupal handle any 404 errors.
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php

# Set the default handler.
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm

# Override PHP settings that cannot be changed at runtime. See
# sites/default/default.settings.php and drupal_environment_initialize() in
# includes/bootstrap.inc for settings that can be changed at runtime.

# PHP 5, Apache 1 and 2.
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
  php_flag magic_quotes_gpc                 off
  php_flag magic_quotes_sybase              off
  php_flag register_globals                 off
  php_flag session.auto_start               off
  php_value mbstring.http_input             pass
  php_value mbstring.http_output            pass
  php_flag mbstring.encoding_translation    off
</IfModule>

# Requires mod_expires to be enabled.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  # Enable expirations.
  ExpiresActive On

  # Cache all files for 2 weeks after access (A).
  ExpiresDefault A1209600

  <FilesMatch \.php$>
    # Do not allow PHP scripts to be cached unless they explicitly send cache
    # headers themselves. Otherwise all scripts would have to overwrite the
    # headers set by mod_expires if they want another caching behavior. This may
    # fail if an error occurs early in the bootstrap process, and it may cause
    # problems if a non-Drupal PHP file is installed in a subdirectory.
    ExpiresActive Off
  </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

# Various rewrite rules.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on

  # https://www.drupal.org/https-information
  # Redirect all traffic from http://yourdomain.com and http://www.yourdomain.com to https://youdormain.com.
  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.yourdomain\.be*
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://yourdomain.be/$1 [L,R=301]

  # Set "protossl" to "s" if we were accessed via https://.  This is used later
  # if you enable "www." stripping or enforcement, in order to ensure that
  # you don't bounce between http and https.
  RewriteRule ^ - [E=protossl]
  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
  RewriteRule ^ - [E=protossl:s]

  # Make sure Authorization HTTP header is available to PHP
  # even when running as CGI or FastCGI.
  RewriteRule ^ - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

  # Block access to "hidden" directories whose names begin with a period. This
  # includes directories used by version control systems such as Subversion or
  # Git to store control files. Files whose names begin with a period, as well
  # as the control files used by CVS, are protected by the FilesMatch directive
  # above.
  #
  # NOTE: This only works when mod_rewrite is loaded. Without mod_rewrite, it is
  # not possible to block access to entire directories from .htaccess, because
  # <DirectoryMatch> is not allowed here.
  #
  # If you do not have mod_rewrite installed, you should remove these
  # directories from your webroot or otherwise protect them from being
  # downloaded.
  RewriteRule "(^|/)\." - [F]

  # If your site can be accessed both with and without the 'www.' prefix, you
  # can use one of the following settings to redirect users to your preferred
  # URL, either WITH or WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix. Choose ONLY one option:
  #
  # To redirect all users to access the site WITH the 'www.' prefix,
  # (http://example.com/... will be redirected to http://www.example.com/...)
  # uncomment the following:
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
  # RewriteRule ^ http%{ENV:protossl}://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
  #
  # To redirect all users to access the site WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix,
  # (http://www.example.com/... will be redirected to http://example.com/...)
  # uncomment the following:
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
  # RewriteRule ^ http%{ENV:protossl}://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

  # Modify the RewriteBase if you are using Drupal in a subdirectory or in a
  # VirtualDocumentRoot and the rewrite rules are not working properly.
  # For example if your site is at http://example.com/drupal uncomment and
  # modify the following line:
  # RewriteBase /drupal
  #
  # If your site is running in a VirtualDocumentRoot at http://example.com/,
  # uncomment the following line:
  # RewriteBase /

 ### BOOST START ###

  # Allow for alt paths to be set via htaccess rules; allows for cached variants (future mobile support)
  RewriteRule .* - [E=boostpath:normal]

#  # Apache 2.4 bug workaround
#  # Enables Search from home page https://drupal.org/node/2078595#comment-8724321
#  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(POST)$
#  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /
#  RewriteRule .* / [S=3]

  # Caching for anonymous users
  # Skip boost IF not get request OR uri has wrong dir OR cookie is set OR request came from this server
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^(GET|HEAD)$ [OR]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^/(admin|cache|misc|modules|sites|system|openid|themes|node/add|comment/reply))|(/(edit|user|user/(login|password|register))$) [OR]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} DRUPAL_UID [OR]
  RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} 200
  RewriteRule .* - [S=2]

#  # Apache 2.4 bug workaround
#  # Enables caching of index/ home page
#  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index\.php$
#  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/cache/%{ENV:boostpath}/%{HTTP_HOST}/\_%{QUERY_STRING}\.html -s
#  RewriteRule .* cache/%{ENV:boostpath}/%{SERVER_NAME}/\_%{QUERY_STRING}\.html [L,T=text/html]

  # NORMAL
  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/cache/%{ENV:boostpath}/%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI}_%{QUERY_STRING}\.html -s
  RewriteRule .* cache/%{ENV:boostpath}/%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI}_%{QUERY_STRING}\.html [L,T=text/html]

  ### BOOST END ###

  # Pass all requests not referring directly to files in the filesystem to
  # index.php. Clean URLs are handled in drupal_environment_initialize().
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
  RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

  # Rules to correctly serve gzip compressed CSS and JS files.
  # Requires both mod_rewrite and mod_headers to be enabled.
  <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    # Serve gzip compressed CSS files if they exist and the client accepts gzip.
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.gz -s
    RewriteRule ^(.*)\.css $1\.css\.gz [QSA]

    # Serve gzip compressed JS files if they exist and the client accepts gzip.
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.gz -s
    RewriteRule ^(.*)\.js $1\.js\.gz [QSA]

    # Serve correct content types, and prevent mod_deflate double gzip.
    RewriteRule \.css\.gz$ - [T=text/css,E=no-gzip:1]
    RewriteRule \.js\.gz$ - [T=text/javascript,E=no-gzip:1]

    <FilesMatch "(\.js\.gz|\.css\.gz)$">
      # Serve correct encoding type.
      Header set Content-Encoding gzip
      # Force proxies to cache gzipped & non-gzipped css/js files separately.
      Header append Vary Accept-Encoding
    </FilesMatch>
  </IfModule>
</IfModule>

# Add headers to all responses.
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  # Disable content sniffing, since it's an attack vector.
  Header always set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
</IfModule>

Thanks.

Hello! we have installed Drupal 7.5 commerce and boost unit is not working. The module itself is installed correctly, all adjustments are made in .htaccess file. https://yadi.sk/i/MkCDj9QjuNF78 The main problem we have is not created in the folder cache /www/often/normal/site/. Rights record folders are created correctly. What can be, can something advise?
For some reason, html pages in the cache are not created?

Hola tengo boost en una version de drupal 7.60, el problema es que crea el fichero de cache pero no lo usa nunca siempre que recargo la web genera un fichero de cache nuevo. El tiempo de expiración de cache lo tengo en 4 semanas

Uso apache 2.4.29