Configure result caching#

conda-presto caches successful public /resolve responses and private Presto solver final states in one bounded in-process cache. A file or Redis store can retain entries across service restarts.

Public resolve entries and private solver entries use separate key namespaces. Only public resolve entries have /r/<hash> URLs.

Persistent entries expire after 24 hours. Encoded values larger than 64 MiB are not stored or loaded. These per-entry controls do not limit aggregate disk or Redis usage. The persistent backend is a trusted service boundary, so only the conda-presto service account should have write access to its directory or Redis namespace.

Note

A permalink returns the stored snapshot without a new repodata freshness check. A new /resolve request performs the freshness check and can move to another address after metadata changes.

Choose a backend#

Backend

Survives restart

Additional service

Typical use

memory

no

no

Local development and disposable servers

file

yes

no

One service process with durable local storage

Redis

yes

yes

Containers or services using shared durable storage

The in-process entry and byte limits apply with every backend. A persistent store is checked after an in-process miss.

Configure the memory cache#

Memory is the default backend:

export CONDA_PRESTO_RESULT_CACHE_BACKEND=memory
export CONDA_PRESTO_RESULT_CACHE_SIZE=256
export CONDA_PRESTO_RESULT_CACHE_MAX_MEMORY_MB=64
conda presto --serve

Set the entry count to 0 to disable in-process retention. Set the memory limit to 0 to remove the byte cap. Negative values are rejected at startup.

Configure a file-backed cache#

Create a directory writable by the service account:

mkdir -p "$HOME/.cache/conda-presto/results"
chmod 700 "$HOME/.cache/conda-presto/results"

export CONDA_PRESTO_RESULT_CACHE_BACKEND=file
export CONDA_PRESTO_RESULT_CACHE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/conda-presto/results"
conda presto --serve

Put this directory on a filesystem or volume with a hard quota sized for the deployment. The file backend attempts expiry cleanup at startup and once per hour, but expiry cleanup is best effort and is not an aggregate storage bound.

For conda-broker, stop the broker before exporting the variables so its new daemon inherits them:

conda broker stop
export CONDA_PRESTO_RESULT_CACHE_BACKEND=file
export CONDA_PRESTO_RESULT_CACHE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/conda-presto/results"
conda broker start conda-presto.server
conda broker wait conda-presto.server --timeout 180

Use Run conda-presto with Docker for container volume ownership and mounting.

Configure Redis#

Install the Redis client in non-container conda environments that do not already provide it:

conda install --channel conda-forge redis-py

Configure the backend and namespace before starting the service:

export CONDA_PRESTO_RESULT_CACHE_BACKEND=redis
export CONDA_PRESTO_RESULT_CACHE_REDIS_URL=redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0
export CONDA_PRESTO_RESULT_CACHE_REDIS_NAMESPACE=conda-presto
conda presto --serve

Configure a hard Redis memory limit and an eviction policy before admitting traffic. For a Redis instance dedicated to cache data, for example:

maxmemory 1gb
maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru

The published server image already contains the Redis client. Choose a unique namespace when deployments with different trust boundaries use the same Redis instance. A namespace separates keys, but Redis applies maxmemory and its eviction policy to the whole instance. Use separate instances when deployments need independent memory or trust boundaries.

Verify a public cache entry#

Send a solve and capture its headers:

export CONDA_PRESTO_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000

curl --fail --silent --show-error \
  --dump-header response-headers.txt \
  --output solve-result.json \
  --get "$CONDA_PRESTO_URL/resolve" \
  --data-urlencode 'spec=zlib' \
  --data-urlencode 'channel=conda-forge' \
  --data-urlencode 'platform=linux-64'

Extract the relative location and retrieve the stored response:

LOCATION="$(
  awk '
    tolower($1) == "location:" {
      gsub("\\r", "", $2)
      print $2
    }
  ' response-headers.txt
)"

curl --fail --silent --show-error \
  "$CONDA_PRESTO_URL$LOCATION" \
  --output cached-result.json

cmp solve-result.json cached-result.json

With a file or Redis backend, stop and restart the service, then request the same /r/<hash> URL to verify persistent retrieval.

Understand a missing Location header#

A successful response can still be returned without a cache location. Check these conditions:

  • both in-process capacity and persistent storage are unavailable

  • the response is larger than the in-process byte limit and no persistent backend retained it

  • repodata markers were unavailable or changed while solving

  • a channel, package spec, or produced package URL contained a detected credential pattern

  • the selected exporter provider could not be identified by callback and installed distribution version

  • the persistent store timed out or rejected the write

Local file:// repodata sources are not retained by the private solver cache.

Plan for invalidation and eviction#

Eviction removes older in-process entries when entry or byte limits are exceeded. A file-store quota or Redis maxmemory and eviction policy provide the aggregate persistent bound. Entry expiry does not replace that bound.

Repodata freshness is separate. /resolve keys include repodata cache-file markers, so changed metadata produces a different public location. The private solver cache checks stored markers under the caller’s effective repodata policy, including its index-cache setting.

Read Cache reference for cache identity, retention, and invalidation. Read Security and trust model before caching results from private channels.

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