Configure caching
Magento enables you to configure alternatives to the default file system caching. This guide discusses some of those alternatives; namely,
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Set up the following cache mechanisms in the Magento configuration:
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Set up the Varnish without modifying the Magento configuration.
We’ll periodically add more cache alternatives so watch this space.
Magento uses the following caching terminology:
- Frontend: Similar to an interface or gateway to cache storage, implemented by Magento\Framework\Cache\Frontend.
- Cache types: Can be one of the types provided with Magento or you can create your own.
- Backend: Specifies details about cache storage, implemented by Magento\Framework\Cache\Backend
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Two-level backend: Stores cache records in two backends—a faster one and a slower one.
Two-level backend cache configuration is beyond the scope of this guide at this time.
This topic discusses the following options for configuring caching:
- Modifying the provided
default
cache frontend, which means you modify only<magento_root>/app/etc/di.xml
(the Magento application’s global dependency injection configuration) - Configuring your own custom cache frontend, which means you modify only
<magento_root>/app/etc/env.php
because it overrides the equivalent configuration indi.xml
Varnish requires no changes to the Magento configuration. For more information, see Configure and use Varnish.