Nginx Image Caching

[runtimesandbox 171]

I've been experimenting with using Nginx cache for caching images like posters and backdrops on my reverse proxy. 

This has been working really well and the interface feels a whole lot more responsive / quicker to load (my images are stored with my media or HDDs)

The one issue I have is with backdrops - if i search for and download a new backdrop it won't show in the interface as the json that emby returns to say which images should be loaded is cached.

Here is my location match line from my nginx config - has anyone tried this before and has any suggestions?

    location ~* /emby/Items/.*/Images/(Primary|Backdrop|Logo|Art|Banner|Thumb|Disc|Chapter)|/ChapterImages/|\.bif$ {
        proxy_pass http://emby_backend;
		...

It looks like the json loads from this path `emby/Items/7614748/Images` and is being cached as well. 

 

[GrimReaper 4739]

5 minutes ago, runtimesandbox said:

(my images are stored with my media or HDDs)

You could also enable library option to keep a cached copy of images in server's metadata folder, that should give you a speed bump (and not spin your HDDs while browsing). 

[Luke 42077]

14 minutes ago, runtimesandbox said:

It looks like the json loads from this path `emby/Items/7614748/Images` and is being cached as well. 

 

Hi, being cached by who?

[runtimesandbox 171]

52 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, being cached by who?

cached by my nginx proxy cache using this cache configuration

location ~* /emby/Items/.*/Images/(Primary|Backdrop|Logo|Art|Banner|Thumb|Disc|Chapter)|/ChapterImages/|\.bif$

[runtimesandbox 171]

1 hour ago, GrimReaper said:

You could also enable library option to keep a cached copy of images in server's metadata folder, that should give you a speed bump (and not spin your HDDs while browsing). 

yes i did use to use this option but wanted to try the nginx route as it can serve the images slightly quicker and better manages the storage the cache uses.

[Luke 42077]

hopefully you are honoring http response cache-control headers and not caching something that indicates no-store