Varnish Configuration Templates (boilerplate)

Installation

You can use the configuration templates found in this repository to quickly get started with a complete Varnish configuration that offers support for most functionality. Start of by looking into "default.vcl" and taking the bits you need, copy it to your own default.vcl.

What is it?

A set of configuration samples used for Varnish 4.0. This includes templates for:

  • Wordpress
  • Drupal (works decently for Drupal 7, depends on your modules obviously)
  • Joomla (WIP)
  • Fork CMS
  • OpenPhoto

And various configuration for:

  • Server-side URL rewriting
  • Clean error pages for debugging
  • Virtual Host implementations
  • Various header normalizations
  • Cookie manipulations
  • 301/302 redirects from within Varnish

Common troubleshooting

Common list of errors and their fixes:

Basic troubleshooting:

Click here for a Varnish 3 VCL config template