Configuring applications

Adjusting image caching

You can choose the amount of time that your GitHub Enterprise Server instance caches avatars. When you increase the cache time, you increase the amount of time a user's avatar will take to load. Configuring the cache time with too low a value can overload your GitHub Enterprise Server instance work processes.

1. From an administrative account on GitHub Enterprise Server, click in the upper-right corner of any page.
   
2. In the left sidebar, click Management Console.
   
3. In the left sidebar, click Applications.
   
4. Under "Avatar image cache time (seconds)", type the number of seconds that you would like your GitHub Enterprise Server instance to cache avatar images.
   
5. Under the left sidebar, click Save settings.
   
6. Wait for the configuration run to complete.