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WordPress with Vinyl Cache
vcl 4.1;
import std;
backend default {
.host = "wordpress";
.port = "80";
}
# Hostname, that is allowed to purge:
acl purge {
"wordpress";
}
sub vcl_recv {
# Remove empty query string parameters
if (req.url ~ "\?$") {
set req.url = regsub(req.url, "\?$", "");
}
set req.url = std.querysort(req.url);
unset req.http.proxy;
if (!req.http.X-Forwarded-Proto) {
if(std.port(server.ip) == 443) {
set req.http.X-Forwarded-Proto = "https";
} else {
set req.http.X-Forwarded-Proto = "http";
}
}
if(req.method == "PURGE") {
if(!client.ip ~ purge) {
return(synth(405,"PURGE not allowed for this IP"));
}
if (req.http.X-Purge-Method == "regex") {
ban("obj.http.x-url ~ " + req.url + " && obj.http.x-host == " + req.http.host);
return(synth(200, "Purged"));
}
ban("obj.http.x-url == " + req.url + " && obj.http.x-host == " + req.http.host);
return(synth(200, "Purged"));
}
# Only handle relevant HTTP request methods
if (
req.method != "GET" &&
req.method != "HEAD" &&
req.method != "PUT" &&
req.method != "POST" &&
req.method != "PATCH" &&
req.method != "TRACE" &&
req.method != "OPTIONS" &&
req.method != "DELETE"
) {
return (pipe);
}
# Remove tracking query string parameters used by analytics tools
if (req.url ~ "(\?|&)(_branch_match_id|_bta_[a-z]+|_bta_c|_bta_tid|_ga|_gl|_ke|_kx|campid|cof|customid|cx|dclid|dm_i|ef_id|epik|fbclid|gad_source|gbraid|gclid|gclsrc|gdffi|gdfms|gdftrk|hsa_acc|hsa_ad|hsa_cam|hsa_grp|hsa_kw|hsa_mt|hsa_net|hsa_src|hsa_tgt|hsa_ver|ie|igshid|irclickid|matomo_campaign|matomo_cid|matomo_content|matomo_group|matomo_keyword|matomo_medium|matomo_placement|matomo_source|mc_[a-z]+|mc_cid|mc_eid|mkcid|mkevt|mkrid|mkwid|msclkid|mtm_campaign|mtm_cid|mtm_content|mtm_group|mtm_keyword|mtm_medium|mtm_placement|mtm_source|nb_klid|ndclid|origin|pcrid|piwik_campaign|piwik_keyword|piwik_kwd|pk_campaign|pk_keyword|pk_kwd|redirect_log_mongo_id|redirect_mongo_id|rtid|s_kwcid|sb_referer_host|sccid|si|siteurl|sms_click|sms_source|sms_uph|srsltid|toolid|trk_contact|trk_module|trk_msg|trk_sid|ttclid|twclid|utm_[a-z]+|utm_campaign|utm_content|utm_creative_format|utm_id|utm_marketing_tactic|utm_medium|utm_source|utm_source_platform|utm_term|vmcid|wbraid|yclid|zanpid)=") {
set req.url = regsuball(req.url, "(_branch_match_id|_bta_[a-z]+|_bta_c|_bta_tid|_ga|_gl|_ke|_kx|campid|cof|customid|cx|dclid|dm_i|ef_id|epik|fbclid|gad_source|gbraid|gclid|gclsrc|gdffi|gdfms|gdftrk|hsa_acc|hsa_ad|hsa_cam|hsa_grp|hsa_kw|hsa_mt|hsa_net|hsa_src|hsa_tgt|hsa_ver|ie|igshid|irclickid|matomo_campaign|matomo_cid|matomo_content|matomo_group|matomo_keyword|matomo_medium|matomo_placement|matomo_source|mc_[a-z]+|mc_cid|mc_eid|mkcid|mkevt|mkrid|mkwid|msclkid|mtm_campaign|mtm_cid|mtm_content|mtm_group|mtm_keyword|mtm_medium|mtm_placement|mtm_source|nb_klid|ndclid|origin|pcrid|piwik_campaign|piwik_keyword|piwik_kwd|pk_campaign|pk_keyword|pk_kwd|redirect_log_mongo_id|redirect_mongo_id|rtid|s_kwcid|sb_referer_host|sccid|si|siteurl|sms_click|sms_source|sms_uph|srsltid|toolid|trk_contact|trk_module|trk_msg|trk_sid|ttclid|twclid|utm_[a-z]+|utm_campaign|utm_content|utm_creative_format|utm_id|utm_marketing_tactic|utm_medium|utm_source|utm_source_platform|utm_term|vmcid|wbraid|yclid|zanpid)=[-_A-z0-9+(){}%.*]+&?", "");
set req.url = regsub(req.url, "[?|&]+$", "");
}
# Only cache GET and HEAD requests
if (req.method != "GET" && req.method != "HEAD") {
set req.http.X-Cacheable = "NO:REQUEST-METHOD";
return(pass);
}
# Mark static files with the X-Static-File header, and remove any cookies
# X-Static-File is also used in vcl_backend_response to identify static files
if (req.url ~ "^[^?]*\.(7z|avi|bmp|bz2|css|csv|doc|docx|eot|flac|flv|gif|gz|ico|jpeg|jpg|js|less|mka|mkv|mov|mp3|mp4|mpeg|mpg|odt|ogg|ogm|opus|otf|pdf|png|ppt|pptx|rar|rtf|svg|svgz|swf|tar|tbz|tgz|ttf|txt|txz|wav|webm|webp|woff|woff2|xls|xlsx|xml|xz|zip)(\?.*)?$") {
set req.http.X-Static-File = "true";
unset req.http.Cookie;
return(hash);
}
if (
req.http.Cookie ~ "wordpress_(?!test_)[a-zA-Z0-9_]+|wp-postpass|comment_author_[a-zA-Z0-9_]+|woocommerce_cart_hash|woocommerce_items_in_cart|wp_woocommerce_session_[a-zA-Z0-9]+|wordpress_logged_in_|comment_author|PHPSESSID" ||
req.http.Authorization ||
req.url ~ "add_to_cart" ||
req.url ~ "edd_action" ||
req.url ~ "nocache" ||
req.url ~ "^/addons" ||
req.url ~ "^/bb-admin" ||
req.url ~ "^/bb-login.php" ||
req.url ~ "^/bb-reset-password.php" ||
req.url ~ "^/cart" ||
req.url ~ "^/checkout" ||
req.url ~ "^/control.php" ||
req.url ~ "^/login" ||
req.url ~ "^/logout" ||
req.url ~ "^/lost-password" ||
req.url ~ "^/my-account" ||
req.url ~ "^/product" ||
req.url ~ "^/register" ||
req.url ~ "^/register.php" ||
req.url ~ "^/server-status" ||
req.url ~ "^/signin" ||
req.url ~ "^/signup" ||
req.url ~ "^/stats" ||
req.url ~ "^/wc-api" ||
req.url ~ "^/wp-admin" ||
req.url ~ "^/wp-comments-post.php" ||
req.url ~ "^/wp-cron.php" ||
req.url ~ "^/wp-login.php" ||
req.url ~ "^/wp-activate.php" ||
req.url ~ "^/wp-mail.php" ||
req.url ~ "^/wp-login.php" ||
req.url ~ "^\?add-to-cart=" ||
req.url ~ "^\?wc-api=" ||
req.url ~ "^/preview=" ||
req.url ~ "^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/"
) {
set req.http.X-Cacheable = "NO:Logged in/Got Sessions";
if(req.http.X-Requested-With == "XMLHttpRequest") {
set req.http.X-Cacheable = "NO:Ajax";
}
return(pass);
}
# Remove any cookies left
unset req.http.Cookie;
return(hash);
}
sub vcl_hash {
if(req.http.X-Forwarded-Proto) {
# Create cache variations depending on the request protocol
hash_data(req.http.X-Forwarded-Proto);
}
}
sub vcl_backend_response {
# Inject URL & Host header into the object for asynchronous banning purposes
set beresp.http.x-url = bereq.url;
set beresp.http.x-host = bereq.http.host;
# If we dont get a Cache-Control header from the backend
# we default to 1h cache for all objects
if (!beresp.http.Cache-Control) {
set beresp.ttl = 1h;
set beresp.http.X-Cacheable = "YES:Forced";
}
# If the file is marked as static we cache it for 1 day
if (bereq.http.X-Static-File == "true") {
unset beresp.http.Set-Cookie;
set beresp.http.X-Cacheable = "YES:Forced";
set beresp.ttl = 1d;
}
# Remove the Set-Cookie header when a specific Wordfence cookie is set
if (beresp.http.Set-Cookie ~ "wfvt_|wordfence_verifiedHuman") {
unset beresp.http.Set-Cookie;
}
if (beresp.http.Set-Cookie) {
set beresp.http.X-Cacheable = "NO:Got Cookies";
} elseif(beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "private") {
set beresp.http.X-Cacheable = "NO:Cache-Control=private";
}
}
sub vcl_deliver {
# Debug header
if(req.http.X-Cacheable) {
set resp.http.X-Cacheable = req.http.X-Cacheable;
} elseif(obj.uncacheable) {
if(!resp.http.X-Cacheable) {
set resp.http.X-Cacheable = "NO:UNCACHEABLE";
}
} elseif(!resp.http.X-Cacheable) {
set resp.http.X-Cacheable = "YES";
}
# Cleanup of headers
unset resp.http.x-url;
unset resp.http.x-host;
unset resp.http.x-varnish;
unset resp.http.x-powered-by;
unset resp.http.via;
#unset resp.http.x-cacheable;
unset resp.http.server;
}
services:
db:
image: mysql
volumes:
- ./data/sql/database/:/var/lib/mysql
restart: always
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secretwordpress
MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
MYSQL_USER: wordpress
MYSQL_PASSWORD: wordpress
wordpress:
depends_on:
- db
#ports:
# - 8080:80
image: wordpress:latest
restart: always
environment:
WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress
working_dir: /var/www/html
volumes:
- ./data/wp/wp-content:/var/www/html/wp-content
vinyl:
image: varnish:stable
depends_on:
- wordpress
ports:
- 8080:80
environment:
- VARNISH_SIZE=2G
volumes:
- ./default.vcl:/etc/varnish/default.vcl:ro
tmpfs: /var/lib/varnish:exec
import http from "k6/http";
import { check, sleep } from "k6";
export const options = {
stages: [
{ duration: "30s", target: 100 },
{ duration: "1m", target: 500 },
{ duration: "0", target: 1000 },
{ duration: "20s", target: 1000 },
{ duration: "20s", target: 0 },
],
};
export default function () {
let res = http.get("http://localhost:8080/lasttest");
check(res, { "status was 200": (r) => r.status == 200 });
sleep(1);
}
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