From 70acf2c381abc054c3d02c458bccf6bc74512558 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias Kunze <r@rixx.de>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:38:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add and document database cache

---
 README.md               | 1 +
 docker/run.sh           | 1 +
 src/servala/settings.py | 7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07e1764..ba6fdcd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Then use ``uv`` to install the project and run its commands while you’re devel
 ```bash
 uv sync --dev
 uv run --env-file=.env src/manage.py migrate
+uv run --env-file=.env src/manage.py createcachetable
 uv run --env-file=.env src/manage.py runserver
 ```
 
diff --git a/docker/run.sh b/docker/run.sh
index f3c7f9a..bab8a08 100644
--- a/docker/run.sh
+++ b/docker/run.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="/app/config"
 
 echo "Applying database migrations"
 uv run src/manage.py migrate
+uv run src/manage.py createcachetable
 
 echo "Starting Caddy"
 exec caddy run --config /app/config/caddy/Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile 2>&1 &
diff --git a/src/servala/settings.py b/src/servala/settings.py
index 5d670ae..3e27e35 100644
--- a/src/servala/settings.py
+++ b/src/servala/settings.py
@@ -132,6 +132,13 @@ STATIC_URL = "static/"  # CSS, JavaScript, etc.
 STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "static.dist"
 MEDIA_URL = "media/"  # User uploads, e.g. images
 
+CACHES = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.db.DatabaseCache",
+        "LOCATION": "servala_cache",
+    }
+}
+
 # Additional locations of static files
 STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
     "django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder",