Add or remove Nginx cache exclusions

Use the Enhance main control panel server with a valid cPFence license and a Super admin API key. WebUI users need access to the selected websites and permission for this action.

From the WebUI

1. Open Tools & Utilities → ApiMachine Bulk Tools.
2. Choose Cluster scope or Select servers, apply your filters, then check the intended website rows. Review the selection rules; filtering alone does not select websites.
3. Open Choose action → Nginx → Add cache exclusion or Remove cache exclusion. Enter the intended path, for example /checkout/, in Path to exclude or Path to remove from exclusion, then Review action.

Enter the exact URL path to keep uncached and check the selected targets. Select the image to enlarge it; use your browser's Back command to return.

Use the same path when removing an exclusion so that caching can resume for the intended URL. Select the image to enlarge it; use your browser's Back command to return.

4. Review the selected websites and Confirm and run. Read Finished or Needs attention and the per-target output.

Use exclusions for dynamic login, cart, checkout, or dashboard paths. Enter the path with a leading slash and review it against the actual URLs.

Adding an exclusion keeps the selected path uncached; removing it permits caching again. Check the affected URL and per-domain result.

From the terminal

Use root on the main control panel server. Generate and edit the CLI site list first so that /var/log/cpfenceav/cluster-sites-list.txt contains only your intended targets.

Action	Command
Add an exclusion	cpfence --bulk-add-nginx-cache-exclude /checkout/
Remove an exclusion	cpfence --bulk-remove-nginx-cache-exclude /checkout/

Run the command for your intended choice and confirm its target list. Replace /checkout/ with the intended URL path; use the same path when removing an exclusion.

For failures, read each target’s error and check its actual state before retrying. Keep the retry selection limited to the intended websites.