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Cache
Server-level caching mechanism in PowerShell Universal.
PowerShell Universal provides the ability to use a server-level cache to store data that you use between APIs, Automation and Dashboards. You can configure cache item life times use the
Set-PSUCache
cmdlet in any PowerShell script you run in PowerShell Universal. You can also retrieve items from the cache using Get-PSUCache
.Some examples of usages for the cache may be:
- Collecting data with a scheduled job and displaying it within a dashboard
- Collecting data from an API and using it in a job
- Collecting using input from a dashboard and queuing it to run in a scheduled job
To set items in the cache, you can use
Set-PSUCache
. Items in the cache are serialized to strings using CLIXML and the PowerShell serializer. When you retrieve objects from the cache, they will no longer be live objects.Set-PSUCache -Key "CurrentDate" -Value (Get-Date)
There are three types of cache invalidation techniques you can employ.
The
AbsoluteExpiration
parameter defines at what time the item in the cache is invalidated.The follow example invalidates the cache item after 10 minutes.
Set-PSUCache -Key "CurrentDate" -Value (Get-Date) -AbsoluteExpiration (Get-Date).AddMinutes(10)
The
AbsoluteExpirationFromNow
parameter defines when a cache item is invalidated using a TimeSpan rather than a calculated DateTime.The following cache item is invalidated 1 hour from now.
Set-PSUCache -Key "CurrentDate" -Value (Get-Date) -AbsoluteExpirationFromNow ([TimeSpan]::FromHours(1))
The
SlidingExpiration
parameter allows you to defines the amount of time before the cache item is invalidated. Each time the cache item is accessed, the timer is reset.The following cache item will be invalidated in 5 minutes. If it's accessed within those 5 minutes, it will be reset for another 5 minutes.
Set-PSUCache -Key "CurrentDate" -Value (Get-Date) -SlidingExpiration ([TimeSpan]::FromMinutes(5))
You can use the
Get-PSUCache
cmdlet to retrieve items from the cache. You simply need to supply the key of the item you wish to retrieve. The deserialized object will be returned from the cmdlet.Get-PSUCache -Key "CurrentDate"
Get-PSUCache
Returns data from the cache.
Name | Type | Description | Required |
Key | string | The key to the data stored in the cache. | True |
Set-PSUCache
Sets data into the cache.
Name | Type | Description | Required |
Key | string | The key for the data stored in the cache. | True |
Value | string | The data to be stored in the cache. It will be stored as CliXml. | True |
AbsoluteExpiration | DateTime | The date and time of the expiration of this data. It will be removed from the cache at this time. | False |
AbsoluteExpirationFromNow | TimeSpan | A length of time to keep the data within the cache. It will be removed after that amount of time. | False |
SlidingExpiration | TimeSpan | A length of time to keep the data within the cache. Each time the data is accessed, the time is reset. If the data isn't accessed during the expiration time, it will be removed from the cache. | False |
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