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TODAY’S TOPIC: Optimizing the CQ Dispatcher Cache Andrew Khoury
Customer Support Engineer, Adobe

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Review of dispatcher basics Dispatcher cache flushing

Tips and tricks for improving performance

How to design your site so you get the most out of your Dispatcher

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Prerequisite Knowledge
You should know:
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What a URL is What a Web server is What Adobe CQ is and have a basic understanding of a typical CQ architecture Basic understanding of HTTP protocol including what HTTP methods and headers are

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This presentation focuses on dispatchers using Apache Web Server.

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What is the Dispatcher?
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A web caching proxy and load balancing tool that works as a layer in front of your CQ instances. It can either be used as a load balancer or you can put it behind your hardware load balancer. Works as a module installed to a web server such as Apache. Works with these web servers:
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Apache HTTP server 2.x Microsoft IIS 6 and IIS 7.x Oracle iPlanet Web Server

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What is Dispatcher?

GET /en.html

GET /en.html

Site Visitor

Dispatcher en.html

Publish

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Why do I need a dispatcher?
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Why?
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Reduce load on publish instances Improve site performance Implement load balancing Filter out unwanted traffic

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Can’t I just use a CDN instead?
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Yes, however…

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