WebSphere Portal Cache - Page and Portlet Level Caching


The cache scope and cache expiry time are configured by page, portlet, and theme. WebSphere Portal combines this information to produce a final cache scope and expiry time for each page it serves.


Cache Settings
  1. Pages level
<content-node action="update" active="true" content-parentref="Z6_xxx" domain="rel" objectid="Z6_xxx" ordinal="100" type="label" uniquename="com.vakasiva.cachetest">
            <supported-markup markup="html" update="set"/>
            <localedata locale="en">
                <title>SivaCacheTest</title>
            </localedata>
            <parameter name="com.ibm.portal.IgnoreAccessControlInCaches" type="string" update="set"><![CDATA[false]]></parameter>
            <parameter name="com.ibm.portal.feed.remote-cache-expiry" type="string" update="set"><![CDATA[86400]]></parameter>
            <parameter name="com.ibm.portal.remote-cache-expiry" type="string" update="set"><![CDATA[86400]]></parameter>
           <parameter name="com.ibm.portal.remote-cache-scope" type="string" update="set"><![CDATA[NON-SHARED]]></parameter>

Scope Values are : SHARED/NON-SHARED
Expiry values are : 0 (never), -1(always) , number (specific sec)

NOTE:
By default, WebSphere® Portal does not permit shared caching for authenticated pages. You can use the Properties portlet or the XML configuration interface to override these default settings using the com.ibm.portal.IgnoreAccessControlInCaches parameter, but in most cases this is not recommended.


  1. Portlet level
    1. Portlet Definition

Possible settings at portlet definition level are
remote-cache-scope (SHARED/NON_SHARED)
EXPIRATION_CACHE (-1(never))
remote-cache-dynamic (true/false) : 

NOTE: The remote cache dynamic setting is an optimization to notify the container whether a portlet window can publish remote cache information at render time.


In portlet.xml

<portlet-app ... id="com.sivavaka.test.portletapp.cachetest">
<portlet>
<portlet-name>Cache Test</portlet-name>
<expiration-cache>0</expiration-cache>
<cache-scope>private</cache-scope>

In import-portlet.xml
<request ..>
    <portal action="locate">
        <web-app action="update" active="true" domain="rel" objectid="Z1_xxx" removable="true" uid="com.sivavaka.portletapp.cachetest.webmod">
            <url>file:///c:/tmp/CacheTest.war</url>
            <context-root>/wps/PA_CacheTest</context-root>
            <display-name>PA_CacheTest</display-name>
            <servlet action="update" active="true" domain="rel" name="Cache Test" objectid="ZV_xx" remote-cache-dynamic="false"/>
            <portlet-app action="update" active="true" defaultlocale="en" domain="rel" name="com.sivavaka.portletapp.cachetest" objectid="Z2_xx" uid="com.sivavaka.portletapp.cachetest">
                    <role actionset="User" update="set">
                        <mapping subjectid="all authenticated portal users" subjecttype="user_group" update="set"/>
                    </role>
                </access-control>
                       <portlet action="update" cache-expiration="0" active="true" defaultlocale="en" domain="rel" name="Report Links" objectid="Z3_xx" provided="false" servletref="ZV_xx">
                </portlet>
            </portlet-app>
        </web-app>
    </portal>
</request>

Or using the manage portlets



  1. Portlet Window (portlet instance level during rendering time)

String paramExpiry = "3000";
String paramScope = "SHARED";
renderResponse.setProperty( "portlet.remote-cache-scope", paramScope );
renderResponse.setProperty( RenderResponse.EXPIRATION_CACHE, paramExpiry )
//renderResponse.setProperty( RenderResponse.CACHE_SCOPE, paramExpiry )



  1. Portlets Wide (Across all portlets)

You can set the global settings in WP Navigator service provider
remote.cache.expiration (values : Number)
remoteCacheInfo.response.header.vary (values : List of HTTP header fields that can be put into the vary response header)


  1. Theme level

You can add following in theme import xml
<parameter update="set" name="com.ibm.portal.remote-cache-scope" type="string">SHARED</parameter>
<parameter update="set" name="com.ibm.portal.remote-cache-expiry" type="string">3000</parameter>


Cache Scopes
The cache scope determines where the content is cached.

There are two types of caching:
  1. Shared cache across users : 
A proxy server caches content and serves requests for the content. Not good for customized content. The following default values exist for portlet definitions and themes if nothing is provided:

Note: This type of caching should be used only for pages that contain public content that is not personalized.
  • Remote cache scope is non-shared
  • Remote cache expiry is 0 seconds

  1. Non-shared cache for a single user (Web browser cache):
The cache is typically located in each user's Web browser. Can be used for personalized content also . But if the computer is shared among multiple users, a user may see personalized content from other users if served from the browser cache. To prevent this from happening, do not enable private caching, even for personalize content.


Globabl Settings (In WP Navigator service)
  1. public.session
  2. public.expires
  3. remote.cache.expiration
  4. remoteCacheInfo.response.header.vary
  5. public.cache-control
  6. private.cache-control

Calculating how its cached
Multiple factors can affect the cache scope and expiry time for a page. The remote-cache-scope and remote-cache-expiration of a rendered page view is calculated as the minimum of the following factors:
  • Cache scope and expiry time specified for the page
  • Cache scope and expiry time of the portlets on the page
  • Cache scope and expiry time of the theme
  • Global values as defined in the Navigator Service 

NOTE: Ensure that the cache settings for all portlets on the page are consistent with the cache settings for the page. For example, if one portlet on a page is set to only be cached in a private browser cache, then the entire page can only be cached in a private browser cache, and performance is not optimal.


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