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Cache clearing¶

Clearing file cache using the Symfony cache:clear command¶

Symfony provides a command for clearing cache. It will delete all file-based caches, which mainly consist of Twig template, Symfony container, and Symfony route cache, but also everything else stored in the cache folder. Out of the box on a single-server setup this includes Content cache. For further information on the command's use, see its help text:

php bin/console --env=prod cache:clear -h

Note

If you do not specify an environment, by default cache:clear will clear the cache for the dev environment. If you want to clear it for prod you need to use the --env=prod option.

Clustering

In clustering setup (with several web servers), the command to clear file cache needs to be executed on every web server.

Clearing Content cache on a cluster setup¶

For a cluster setup, the content cache (HTTP cache and Persistence cache) must be set up to be shared among the servers. And while all relevant cache is cleared for you on Repository changes when using the APIs, there might be times where you'll need to clear cache manually:

Varnish: Cache purge
Persistence Cache: Using Cache service

When running eZ Platform in the dev environment you have access to the standard Symfony Web Debug Toolbar. It is extended with some eZ Platform-specific information:

eZ Platform info in Web Debug Toolbar

SPI (persistence)¶

This section provides the number of non-cached SPI calls and handlers. You can see details of these calls in the Symfony Profiler page.

SiteAccess¶

Here you can see the name of the current SiteAccess and how it was matched. For reference see the list of possible SiteAccess matchers.

Logging and debug configuration¶

Logging in eZ Platform consists of two parts. One are several debug systems that integrate with Symfony developer toolbar to give you detailed information about what is going on. The other is the standard PSR-3 logger, as provided by Symfony using Monolog.

Debugging in dev environment¶

When using the Symfony dev environment, the system tracks additional metrics for you to be able to debug issues. They include Symfony cache use, and a persistence cache use.

Reducing memory use¶

Tip

For long-running scripts, see Executing long-running console commands.

If you are running out of memory and don't need to keep track of cache hits and misses, you can disable persistence cache logging, represented by the setting parameters.ezpublish.spi.persistence.cache.persistenceLogger.enableCallLogging. In config_dev.yml:

parameters:
    ezpublish.spi.persistence.cache.persistenceLogger.enableCallLogging: false

Error logging and rotation¶

eZ Platform uses the Monolog component to log errors, and it has a RotatingFileHandler that allows for file rotation.

According to their documentation, it "logs records to a file and creates one logfile per day. It will also delete files older than $maxFiles".

Monolog's handler can be configured in app/config/config.yml:

monolog:
    handlers:
        main:
            type: rotating_file
            max_files: 10
            path: '%kernel.logs_dir%/%kernel.environment%.log'
            level: debug

Using `logrotate`¶

Monolog themselves recommend using logrotate instead of doing the rotation in the handler, because it gives better performance.