Cache and Page Rules Query

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#1

Hi. I am new to cloudflare community and looking for experts to get reply for following queries:

1: On page rules, is this correct URL to cache everything including sub-domains: https://.domain.com/

2: Let’s suppose a user visits my website from Atlanta, US and all resources get cached to cloudflare for that region. Now, if another new user from same location visits my website after a week or a month, will he get already cached resources from cloudflare data center or cloudflare again request hosting end-server for data and then deliver it to that user?

#2

It should be *domain.com/*

Possibly, but not necessarily. Particularly after a month there is a good chance Cloudflare has purged your files from the cache.

If you want a month you should also configure the following setting in your page rule

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However even this wont guarantee that it will be a month.

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#3

Hi. Thanks for quick reply.

As you stated: It should be *domain.com/*

As I understand, there is no need to add www or http or https at start of URL. Is it?

#4

Precisely, that is what the first asterisk is for. Make sure not to enter a period between it and the domain name.

#5

Got it. Lastly, if I configure “Edge Cache TTL: a month” then after a month, will cloudflare automatically request my website server for fresh resources and then cache them for another one month?

#6

Again, you wont have a guarantee that will last a month (it is merely an indicator of the maximum time). But yes, after Cloudflare purged the file it wont find it in the cache any longer and hence re-request it.

#7

Can I get this automatic resource fetching guarantee if I select minimum Edge cache TTL which is just 2 hours?

#8

The guarantee was referring to the period it is cached, not the re-fetching. The latter always takes place.

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