Installation

PM> Install-Package DacheCache.Provider.EF -Pre

Install Dache (http://www.getdache.net) and follow the configuration instructions (https://github.com/ironyx/dache#installation-instructions).

How to use it

Configure EF using code based configuration. Here is an example of such file:

public class MyApplicationDbConfiguration : DbConfiguration {
    public AppDbConfiguration() {
        var transactionHandler = new CacheTransactionHandler(new DacheCacheProvider());

        AddInterceptor(transactionHandler);

        Loaded +=
            (sender, args) => args.ReplaceService<DbProviderServices>(
            (s, _) => new CachingProviderServices(s, transactionHandler,
                new DacheCachingPolicy()));
    }
}

Make sure you have Dache client configured for your web project, then add the following entries to your Web.Config file:

  <appSettings>
    ...
    <add key="DacheCache.ConfigFile" value="~/App_Data/DacheCache.config" />
    <add key="DacheCache.Learning" value="true" />
  </appSettings>    

Done! You now have a L2 cache for your EF6 Data Context.

Credits

Many thanks to Aleyant Systems, LLC (http://www.aleyant.com) that pushed me towards this research and encouraged me to share our findings.