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Install Varnish Cache / Ubuntu
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install_varnish.md

Install, Configure & Monitor Varnish on Ubuntu

General Resources

Install

Install Varnish

   sudo apt-get install varnish

How to start, restart and stop Varnish

   service varnish start
   service varnish restart
   service varnish stop

If you've changed your VCL you can reload instead of restarting

   service varnish reload

Configure

Server Configuration Files

  /etc/default/varnish
  /etc/varnish/default.vcl

Edit the /etc/varnish/default.vcl file

 backend default {
   .host = "127.0.0.1";
   .port = "8080";
 }

Relevant Links

Monitor

varnishstat
varnishlog
varnishadm

Relevant Links

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