Frontcache - getting started

Geting started

1. Overview

2. Have a look at online demo

3. Download binaries and run it locally

4. Go through Tutorial / Documentation

5. Apply it to your project

6. Fork it on GitHub

7. Post pull request with new features

Downloads

                    Binaries:  http://static.frontcache.io/download/frontcache

                    Sources:  https://github.com/eternita/frontcache

Running standalone Frontcache

Prerequirements: Java 1.8
Steps:

                    Download Frontcache from  www.frontcache.org
                    
                    extract archive
                    
                    optionally you can edit $FRONTCACHE_HOME/conf/frontcache.properties 
                    set origin to Wikipedia (or your site)
                    front-cache.origin-host=en.wikipedia.org
                    if you skip editing configs - defalut value: front-cache.origin-host=www.coinshome.net

                    run ./bin/frontcache

Point browser to http://localhost:9080/
You can see some content from www.coinshome.net (or other site you pointed in 'front-cache.origin-host' variable)
Frontcache Console - http://localhost:9080/frontcache-console/

Running Frontcache inside Tomcat

Prerequirements: Java 1.8, Tomcat (Jetty or other servlet container)
Steps:

                    Download Frontcache from  www.frontcache.org
                    
                    extract archive
                    
                    copy $FRONTCACHE_HOME/bin/ROOT.war to /webapps
                    copy $FRONTCACHE_HOME/bin/frontcache-console.war to /webapps
                    
                    edit $FRONTCACHE_HOME/conf/frontcache.properties 
                    set origin to Wikipedia (or your site)
                    front-cache.origin-host=en.wikipedia.org
                    
                    export environment FRONTCACHE_HOME variable pointed to extracted frontcache directory: 
                    export FRONTCACHE_HOME=/Users/spa/opt/frontcache-1.1.7
                    
                    restart tomcat

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