How can I configure the virtualization server to manage client-side caching?
See the “Cache-Control parameters” section within $VIRTUAL_TOMCAT_HOME/conf/alfresco-virtserver.properties explains all this, but here’s the same information in wiki form: The virtualization server limits how long a browser may cache items received from different virtual hosts by injecting “Cache-Control: max-age=…” HTTP headers in its responses. The actual value used for max-age depends upon what the name of the virtual host is. By default, low values are used for “preview” hosts, and longer values are used for “staging”. You can tune these settings here. For generic browsing on the Internet, a user might choose to configure their browser to cache data for a very long time. It’s a personal preference: the longer an item is permitted to be cached, the better the browser’s performance is likely to be. However, it also becomes more likely that “stale” versions of files will be viewed. When browsing content on the virtualization server, the trade-offs are not only different from “generi
