I just spin a test Drupal7 site and having some issue w/ getting boost module to work(

$ cat /etc/redhat-release 
Scientific Linux release 6.4 (Carbon)
$ uname -a
Linux XXX.XXXXX.XXX 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Oct 16 11:13:47 CDT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ rpm -q drupal7 php php-pecl-apc
drupal7-7.23-3.el6.noarch
php-5.3.3-23.el6_4.x86_64
php-pecl-apc-3.1.9-2.el6.x86_64
$ drush -r /usr/share/drupal7/ -l alexustest pm-list | grep '(boost)'
 Performance and scalability  Boost (boost)                                  Module  Enabled        7.x-1.0-beta2  
$

this is what I get via "Boost: Pages cache status" block:

File: cache/normal/alexustest/_.html

Generated: not cached yet (either no one has visited the page recently, or something is preventing the cache from being generated).

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. Can someone help me?

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sp_key CreditAttribution: sp_key commented
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Hi Alexus,

Did you manage to identify what the problem is?
I'm also trying to set up Boost as per the instructions but it doesn't work for me.
This is my situation:

  1. I ensured Clean URLs work as expected
  2. I disabled core Drupal caching
  3. I installed Boost 7.x-1.2 and all the relevant modules (cache expiration & HTTP Parallel Request Library) under my test site which sits in a sub-directory outside Public_html. I then set the Maximum Cache Lifetime to 1 week and Minimum Cache Lifetime to 0
  4. I modified my .HTACCESS file by adding the generated code under RewriteBase. I then uncommented and changed RewriteBase /drupal to read RewriteBase / (even though I did not notice any issues)
  5. I ensured 775 permissions for the cache folder
  6. I then inserted the Boost block at the bottom of my pages visible only to admin
  7. I then cleared cache, logged out, visited as few pages using Edge and Firefox and went back to admin using Chrome to observe results.

Result: Only the homepage would show as cached. All other pages would specify: "Generated: not cached yet (either no one has visited the page recently, or something is preventing the cache from being generated)."

A couple of things I noticed just in case I can help:

  • Boost would only produce an _.html file under the cache folder. I would expect more files, one for each page I visited
  • Boost instructs me to copy the .htaccess additions above "Pass all requests not referring directly to files in the filesystem... ". In my case, my .htaccess file has mod_headers code to prevent content sniffing right above
  • Under admin/status I can see the below issue being reported: Info Database 4 byte UTF-8 support Disabled. 4 byte UTF-8 for mysql is disabled. See the documentation on adding 4 byte UTF-8 support for more information. (the description is a bit too technical for me hopefully, it's not related to the issues I am having

I would greatly appreciate any help!
Hopefully this is sufficient information for troubleshooting!

Cheers
sp_key

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sp_key CreditAttribution: sp_key commented

After a lot of experimentation, I found that Boost finally creates the static pages under the cache folder but only if for every single page, I clear my browser's cache.

Hopefully this gives a little bit more information