Varnish

Varnish Cache is an HTTP caching server.

/service/varnish/4

Accessible via Proxy?: yes

Runs as the user using Riptide?: no

Varnish version 4. Make sure to replace the default VCL.

Role Requirements

Role: varnish

Use this in your VCL as backend server:

backend default {
    .host = "{{ parent().get_service_by_role('varnish')['$name'] }}";
}

Your varnish target should have an HTTP server running on port 80.

Suggested Roles

Suggested roles: main

Environment variables

Key	Required?	Already set?	Example Value(s)	Description
VCL_CONFIG	yes	yes (default: “/etc/varnish/default.vcl”)	/etc/varnish/default.vcl	Path to the VCL, should NOT be changed

Config

Key	Target	Should be replaced?	Description
vcl	/etc/varnish/default.vcl	yes	VCL configuration for Varnish

Logging

Name	Type	Path / Command	Description
varnish.log	Command	varnishlog	varnishlog

Pre Start

Wait’s for the backend service server to be reachable (otherwise varnish would crash).

/service/varnish/6

Accessible via Proxy?: yes

Runs as the user using Riptide?: no

Varnish version 6. Make sure to replace the default VCL.

Role Requirements

Role: varnish

Use this in your VCL as backend server:

backend default {
    .host = "{{ parent().get_service_by_role('varnish')['$name'] }}";
}

Your varnish target should have an HTTP server running on port 80.

Suggested Roles

Suggested roles: main

Config

Key	Target	Should be replaced?	Description
vcl	/etc/varnish/default.vcl	yes	VCL configuration for Varnish

Logging

Name	Type	Path / Command	Description
varnish.log	Command	varnishlog	varnishlog

Pre Start

Wait’s for the backend service server to be reachable (otherwise varnish would crash).

Link to entity in repository: <https://github.com/theCapypara/riptide-repo/tree/master/service/varnish>_