Purge Nginx FastCGI cache

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 → Purge FastCGI cache.

Choose Purge FastCGI cache for the selected websites when cached responses need to be cleared. 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 a purge after a content deployment when cached pages are stale. If another cache layer is active, clear that layer through its own tools too.

The action discards cached responses. Check refreshed website content after each successful target.

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.

cpfence --bulk-clear-nginx-cache

Read the target list and confirm the action when prompted.

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