Audience
CDNs and content owners searching fo an extensible HTTP caching proxy server solution
About Apache Traffic Server
Apache Traffic Server™ software is a fast, scalable and extensible HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 compliant caching proxy server. Formerly a commercial product, Yahoo! donated it to the Apache Foundation, and currently used by several major CDNs and content owners. Improve your response time, while reducing server load and bandwidth needs by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages, images, and web service calls. Scales well on modern SMP hardware, handling 10s of thousands of requests per second. Easily add keep-alive, filter or anonymize content requests, or add load balancing by adding a proxy layer. APIs to write your own plug-ins to do anything from modifying HTTP headers to handling ESI requests to writing your own cache algorithm. Handling over 400TB a day at Yahoo! both as forward and reverse proxies, Apache Traffic Server is battle hardened.
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Pricing
Free Version:
Free Version available.
Integrations
API:
Yes, Apache Traffic Server offers API access
No integrations listed.
Company Information
Apache Software Foundation
Founded: 1999
United States
trafficserver.apache.org
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
Mac
Linux
Training
Documentation
Support
Online
Apache Traffic Server Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Apache Traffic Server work with?
Apache Traffic Server works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does Apache Traffic Server support in their product?
Apache Traffic Server supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does Apache Traffic Server offer?
Apache Traffic Server offers support via online.
Q: Does Apache Traffic Server have an API?
Yes, Apache Traffic Server has an API.
Q: What type of training does Apache Traffic Server provide?
Apache Traffic Server provides training in the form of documentation.
