To improve page loading speeds, the Policy Editor uses HTTP headers to cache the API responses for the following URLs:

  • /app/trust-framework/*
  • /app/policy-manager/*
  • /app/test-suite/*

HTTP caching is enabled by default.

Note:

When hosting the Policy Editor using a self-signed SSL certificate, browsers like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge don't include the caching HTTP headers. Customers with such deployments can use a different browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, to observe the performance benefits.

You can disable HTTP caching persistently by providing the --disableApiHttpCache option when running setup. Caching remains disabled for future server starts and stops. The following example illustrates this option:

bin/setup demo \
--disableApiHttpCache \
--adminUsername admin \
--generateSelfSignedCertificate \
--decisionPointSharedSecret 2FederateM0re \
--hostname example.com \
--port 9443 \
--adminPort 9444

To disable HTTP caching for a single server start, provide the PING_ENABLE_API_HTTP_CACHE=false environment variable when running start-server, as illustrated in the following example:

env PING_ENABLE_API_HTTP_CACHE=false bin/start-server
Note:

To temporarily re-enable HTTP caching after using the –-disableApiHttpCacheoption, provide the PING_ENABLE_API_HTTP_CACHE=true environment variable when running start-server.

To persistently re-enable HTTP caching after using the --disableApiHttpCacheoption, delete the setup output (the configuration.yml file and key stores generated during setup). Then, reconfigure the server by running setup.