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varnish-wordpress-w3-total-cache.vcl
# VCL version 5.0 is not supported so it should be 4.0 even though actually used Varnish version is 6
vcl 4.0;
import std;
# The minimal Varnish version is 6.0
# For SSL offloading, pass the following header in your proxy server or load balancer: 'SSL-OFFLOADED: https'
backend default {
.host = "10.0.1.2";
.port = "80";
.connect_timeout = 600s;
.first_byte_timeout = 600s;
.between_bytes_timeout = 600s;
}
acl purge {
# Web server with plugin which will issue PURGE requests
"localhost";
}
sub vcl_recv {
if (req.method == "PURGE") {
if (!client.ip ~ purge) {
return (synth(405, "Method not allowed"));
}
ban("req.url ~ ^" + req.url + "$ && req.http.host == " + req.http.host);
}
if (req.method != "GET" &&
req.method != "HEAD" &&
req.method != "PUT" &&
req.method != "POST" &&
req.method != "TRACE" &&
req.method != "OPTIONS" &&
req.method != "DELETE") {
/* Non-RFC2616 or CONNECT which is weird. */
return (pipe);
}
if (req.method != "GET" && req.method != "HEAD") {
return (pass);
}
# Compression filter. See https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/FAQ/Compression
if (req.http.Accept-Encoding) {
if (req.url ~ "\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|gz|tgz|bz2|tbz|mp3|ogg|swf|flv)$") {
# No point in compressing these
unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
} elsif (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "gzip") {
set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "gzip";
} elsif (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "deflate" && req.http.user-agent !~ "MSIE") {
set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "deflate";
} else {
unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
}
}
# Remove cookies and query string for real static files
if (req.url ~ "\.(bz2|css|flv|gif|gz|ico|jpeg|jpg|js|lzma|mp3|mp4|pdf|png|swf|tbz|tgz|txt|zip)(\?.*|)$") {
unset req.http.cookie;
set req.url = regsub(req.url, "\?.*$", "");
}
# Remove all marketing get parameters to minimize the cache objects
if (req.url ~ "(\?|&)(gclid|cx|ie|cof|siteurl|zanpid|origin|fbclid|mc_[a-z]+|utm_[a-z]+|_bta_[a-z]+)=") {
set req.url = regsuball(req.url, "(gclid|cx|ie|cof|siteurl|zanpid|origin|fbclid|mc_[a-z]+|utm_[a-z]+|_bta_[a-z]+)=[-_A-z0-9+()%.]+&?", "");
set req.url = regsub(req.url, "[?|&]+$", "");
}
if (req.url ~ "/wp-json") {
return (pass);
}
if (req.url ~ "wp-(login|admin|comments-post.php|cron.php)" ||
req.url ~ "preview=true" ||
req.url ~ "xmlrpc.php") {
return (pass);
}
return (hash);
}
sub vcl_hash {
# For multi site configurations to not cache each other's content
if (req.http.host) {
hash_data(req.http.host);
} else {
hash_data(server.ip);
}
# To make sure http users don't see ssl warning
if (req.http.SSL-OFFLOADED) {
hash_data(req.http.SSL-OFFLOADED);
}
}
sub vcl_backend_response {
# Don't cache backend
if (bereq.url ~ "wp-(login|admin|comments-post.php|cron.php)" ||
bereq.url ~ "preview=true" ||
bereq.url ~ "xmlrpc.php" ||
# WooCommerce
bereq.url ~ "wp-admin|wp-login|produkt|warenkorb|kasse|mein-konto|/?add-to-cart=|/?remove_item=|/?wc-ajax="
) {
# Dont modify anything, it's (pass) object
} else {
unset beresp.http.set-cookie;
if (beresp.status == 307) {
# Don't cache temporary redirects like ?repeat=w3tc
set beresp.ttl = 0h;
} else if (bereq.url ~ "\.(bz2|css|flv|gif|gz|ico|jpeg|jpg|js|lzma|mp3|mp4|pdf|png|swf|tbz|tgz|txt|zip)$") {
set beresp.ttl = 30d;
} else {
set beresp.ttl = 4h;
}
}
}
sub vcl_deliver {
if (resp.http.x-varnish ~ " ") {
set resp.http.X-Cache-Debug = "HIT";
set resp.http.Grace = req.http.grace;
} else {
set resp.http.X-Cache-Debug = "MISS";
}
# Not letting browser to cache non-static files.
if (resp.http.Cache-Control !~ "private" && req.url !~ "^/(wp-content|wp-upload|wp-json)/") {
set resp.http.Pragma = "no-cache";
set resp.http.Expires = "-1";
set resp.http.Cache-Control = "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0";
}
unset resp.http.X-Powered-By;
unset resp.http.Server;
unset resp.http.X-Varnish;
unset resp.http.Via;
unset resp.http.Link;
}
sub vcl_hit {
if (obj.ttl >= 0s) {
# Hit within TTL period
return (deliver);
}
if (std.healthy(req.backend_hint)) {
if (obj.ttl + 300s > 0s) {
# Hit after TTL expiration, but within grace period
set req.http.grace = "normal (healthy server)";
return (deliver);
} else {
# Hit after TTL and grace expiration
return (restart);
}
} else {
# server is not healthy, retrieve from cache
set req.http.grace = "unlimited (unhealthy server)";
return (deliver);
}
}
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