GWT cache config via Apache 2.2 httpd.conf? - apache

Question

The GWT perfect caching documntation (http://www.gwtproject.org/doc/latest/DevGuideCompilingAndDebugging.html#perfect_caching) suggests to add the following lines to my .htaccess file:
<Files *.nocache.*>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault "now"
Header merge Cache-Control "public, max-age=0, must-revalidate"
</Files>
<Files *.cache.*>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault "now plus 1 year"
</Files>
As I'm not using .htaccess files but have access to the Apache 2.2 httpd.conf file I would prefer to add those lines there.
But where / how?
Thanks for any advice.

Answer 1

The documentation for the <Files> directive clearly states where you can use it:
Context: server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
In most cases, you'd probably want to add it to your application's virtual host (if you want the caching rules to apply only to that application) or the server's config (outside any directive, usually in httpd.conf) - if you want to apply those rules globally (useful if you have more than one GWT application on the server).
If you want to use it in a virtual host directive:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName host.example.com
#...
<Files *.nocache.*>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault "now"
Header merge Cache-Control "public, max-age=0, must-revalidate"
</Files>
<Files *.cache.*>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault "now plus 1 year"
</Files>
</VirtualHost>
If you want to use them globally, just put them in httpd.conf, outside of any directives.