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Proxxy is a basic http cache used in each data center to reduce network transfers. It's essentially a docker container that runs nginx inside, and can cache requests locally to disk. | Proxxy is a basic http cache used in each data center to reduce network transfers. It's essentially a docker container that runs nginx inside, and can cache requests locally to disk. | ||
Source code is currently located here: https://github.com/ | Source code is currently located here: https://github.com/mozilla/build-proxxy/ | ||
It is deployed in each region in Amazon inside the VPC. Each region has a single c3.8xlarge instance to handle the load. The instances use Elastic IPs so we can get the same IP address if there's a need to re-create the instances. The routing tables are configured so that proxxy requests files via the public network instead of the VPN connection. | It is deployed in each region in Amazon inside the VPC. Each region has a single c3.8xlarge instance to handle the load. The instances use Elastic IPs so we can get the same IP address if there's a need to re-create the instances. The routing tables are configured so that proxxy requests files via the public network instead of the VPN connection. | ||