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LEMP Varnish 4 config for Drupal 7 & 8 / Pressflow 6 & 7
/*
* Varnish 4 example config for Drupal 7 & 8 / Pressflow 6 & 7
*/
# Original source: https://github.com/NITEMAN/varnish-bites/varnish4/drupal-base.vcl
# Copyright (c) 2015 Pedro González Serrano and individual contributors.
# MIT License
# Intended to be used both in simple production environments and with
# learning/teaching purposes.
# Some references may not be yet updated to VCL 4.0, we use SeeV3 then.
# WARNING:
# Note that the built-in logic will be appended to our code if no return is
# performed before.
# Built-in logic is included commented out right after our's for reference
# purposes in that cases.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/VCLExampleDefault
#######################################################################
# Initialization: Version & imports;
/* Version statement */
# Since Varnish 4.0 it's mandatory to declare VCL version on first line.
vcl 4.0;
/* Module (VMOD) imports */
# Standard module
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/reference/vmod_std.generated.html
import std;
# Directors module
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/reference/vmod_directors.generated.html
# Unused in simple configs.
#import directors;
#######################################################################
# Probe, backend, ACL and subroutine definitions
/* Backend definitions.*/
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/reference/vcl.html#backend-definition
backend default {
/* Default backend on the same machine. */
# WARNING: timeouts could be not big enought for certain POST requests.
.host = "127.0.0.1";
.port = "8008";
.max_connections = 100;
.connect_timeout = 60s;
.first_byte_timeout = 60s;
.between_bytes_timeout = 60s;
}
/* Access Control Lists */
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/reference/vcl.html#access-control-list-acl
acl purge_ban {
/* Simple access control list for allowing item purge for the self machine */
"127.0.0.1"/32; // We can use '"localhost";' instead
}
acl allowed_monitors {
/* Simple access control list for allowing item purge for the self machine */
"127.0.0.1"/32; // We can use'"localhost";' instead
}
# acl own_proxys {
# "127.0.0.1"/32; // We can use'"localhost";' instead
# }
/* Custom subroutines */
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/reference/vcl.html#subroutines
#TODO# Test in Varnihs 4
# Empty in simple configs.
# The only restriction naming subs is that the 'vlc_' prefix is reserverd for
# Varnish use. As a task can need several chunks of code in diferent states,
# it's a good idea to identify what main sub will call each with a suffix.
# /* Example 301 client redirection removing "www" prefix from request */
# sub perm_redirections_recv {
# if ( req.http.host ~ "^www.*$" ) {
# return (
# synth(751, "http://" + regsub(req.http.host, "^www\.", "") + req.url)
# );
# }
# }
# sub perm_redirections_synth {
# if ( resp.status == 751 ) {
# /* Get new URL from the response */
# set resp.http.Location = resp.reason;
# /* Set HTTP 301 for permanent redirect */
# set resp.status = 301;
# set resp.reason = "Moved Permanently";
# return (deliver);
# }
# }
#######################################################################
# Client side
# vcl_recv: Called at the beginning of a request, after the complete request
# has been received and parsed. Its purpose is to decide whether or not to
# serve the request, how to do it, and, if applicable, which backend to use.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-recv
sub vcl_recv {
/* 0th: general bypass, general return & authorization checks */
# Empty in simple configs.
# Useful for debugging we can pipe or pass the request to default backend
# here to bypass completely Varnish.
# return (pipe);
# return (pass);
# We can also return here a 200 Ok for network performance benchmarking.
# return (synth(200, "Ok"));
# Finally we can perform basic HTTP authentification here, by example.
# SeeV3 http://blog.tenya.me/blog/2011/12/14/varnish-http-authentication/
/* 1st: Check for Varnish special requests */
# Custom response implementation example in order to check that Varnish is
# working properly.
# This is usefull for automatic monitoring with monit or when Varnish is
# behind another proxies like HAProxy.
if ( ( req.http.host == "monitor.server.health"
|| req.http.host == "health.varnish" )
&& client.ip ~ allowed_monitors
&& ( req.method == "OPTIONS" || req.method == "GET" )
) {
return (synth(200, "OK"));
}
# Purge logic
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/purging.html#http-purging
# SeeV3 https://www.varnish-software.com/static/book/Cache_invalidation.html#removing-a-single-object
if ( req.method == "PURGE" ) {
if ( client.ip !~ purge_ban ) {
return (synth(405, "Not allowed."));
}
return (purge);
}
# Ban logic
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/purging.html#bans
if ( req.method == "BAN" ) {
if ( client.ip !~ purge_ban ) {
return (synth(405, "Not allowed."));
}
if (req.http.Purge-Cache-Tags) {
ban( "obj.http.X-Host == " + req.http.host +
" && obj.http.Purge-Cache-Tags ~ " + req.http.Purge-Cache-Tags
);
}
else {
# Assumes req.url is a regex. This might be a bit too simple
ban( "obj.http.X-Host == " + req.http.host +
" && obj.http.X-Url ~ " + req.url
);
}
return (synth(200, "Ban added"));
}
/* 2nd: Do some Varnish black magic such as custom client redirections */
# Empty in simple configs.
# call perm_redirections_recv;
# Here we can also enforce SSL when Varnish run behind some SSL termination
# point.
/* 3rd: Time for backend choice */
# Empty in simple configs.
/* 4th: Prepare request for the backend */
# Empty in simple configs.
# Example remove own_proxys from X-Forwarded-For
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/whats-new/upgrading.html#x-forwarded-for-is-now-set-before-vcl-recv
# Varnish 4 regsub doesn't accept anything but plain regexp, so we can't use
# client.ip to exclude the proxy ips from the request:
# set req.http.X-Forwarded-For
# = regsub(req.http.X-Forwarded-For, ",( )?" + client.ip, "");
# Instead, we need to add the proxy ips manually in the exclude list:
# if ( req.restarts == 0
# && client.ip ~ own_proxys
# && req.http.X-Forwarded-For
# ) {
# set req.http.X-Forwarded-For
# = regsub(req.http.X-Forwarded-For,
# "(, )?(10\.10\.10\.10|10\.11\.11\.11)", "");
# }
# An alternative could be to skip all this and try to modify the header
# manually so Varnish doesn't touch it.
# set req.http.X-Forwarded-For = req.http.X-Forwarded-For + "";
#
# Example normalize the host header, remove the port (in case you're testing
# this on various TCP ports)
# set req.http.Host = regsub(req.http.Host, ":[0-9]+", "");
/* 5th: Bypass breakpoint 1 */
# Useful for debugging we can now pipe or pass the request to backend with
# headers setted.
# return (pipe);
# return (pass);
/* 6th: Decide if we should deal with a request (mostly from built-in logic) */
if ( req.method == "PRI" ) {
/* We do not support SPDY or HTTP/2.0 */
return (synth(405));
}
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"
) {
/* We only deal with GET and HEAD by default */
return (pass);
}
if ( req.http.Authorization ) {
/* Not cacheable by default */
return (pass);
}
# Websocket support
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-example-websockets.html
if ( req.http.Upgrade ~ "(?i)websocket" ) {
return (pipe);
}
/* 7th: Access control for some URLs by ACL */
# Empty in simple configs.
# By example denial some URLs depending on client-ip, we'll need to define
# corresponding ACL 'internal'.
# if ( req.url ~ "^/(cron|install)\.php"
# && client.ip !~ internal
# ) {
# # Have Varnish throw the error directly.
# return (synth(403, "Forbidden."));
# # Use a custom error page that you've defined in Drupal at the path "404".
# # set req.url = "/403";
# }
/* 8th: Custom exceptions */
# Host exception example:
# if ( req.http.host == "ejemplo.exception.com" ) {
# return (pass);
# }
# Drupal exceptions, edit if we want to cache some AJAX/AHAH request.
# Add here filters for never cache URLs such as Payment Gateway's callbacks.
if ( req.url ~ "^/status\.php$"
|| req.url ~ "^/update\.php$"
|| req.url ~ "^/ooyala/ping$"
|| req.url ~ "^/admin/build/features"
|| req.url ~ "^/info/.*$"
|| req.url ~ "^/flag/.*$"
|| req.url ~ "^.*/ajax/.*$"
|| req.url ~ "^.*/ahah/.*$"
) {
/* Do not cache these paths */
return (pass);
}
# Pipe these paths directly to backend for streaming.
if ( req.url ~ "^/admin/content/backup_migrate/export"
|| req.url ~ "^/admin/config/system/backup_migrate"
) {
return (pipe);
}
if ( req.url ~ "^/system/files" ) {
return (pipe);
}
/* 9th: Graced objets & Serve from anonymous cahe if all backends are down */
# See https://www.varnish-software.com/blog/grace-varnish-4-stale-while-revalidate-semantics-varnish
# set req.http.X-Varnish-Grace = "none";
if ( ! std.healthy(req.backend_hint) ) {
# We must do this here since cookie hashing
unset req.http.Cookie;
#TODO# Add sick marker
}
/* 10th: Deal with compression and the Accept-Encoding header */
# Althought Varnish 4 handles gziped content itself by default, just to be
# sure we want to remove Accept-Encoding for some compressed formats.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/phk/gzip.html#what-does-http-gzip-support-do
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/compression.html
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/reference/varnishd.html?highlight=http_gzip_support
# See (for older configs) https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/VCLExampleNormalizeAcceptEncoding
if ( req.http.Accept-Encoding ) {
if ( req.url ~ "(?i)\.(7z|avi|bz2|flv|gif|gz|jpe?g|mpe?g|mk[av]|mov|mp[34]|og[gm]|pdf|png|rar|swf|tar|tbz|tgz|woff2?|zip|xz)(\?.*)?$"
) {
/* Already compressed formats, no sense trying to compress again */
unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
}
}
/* 11th: Further request manipulation */
# Empty in simple configs.
# We could add here a custom header grouping User-agent families.
# Generic URL manipulation.
# Remove Google Analytics added parameters, useless for our backends.
if ( req.url ~ "(\?|&)(utm_source|utm_medium|utm_campaign|utm_content|gclid|cx|ie|cof|siteurl)=" ) {
set req.url = regsuball(req.url, "&(utm_source|utm_medium|utm_campaign|utm_content|gclid|cx|ie|cof|siteurl)=([A-z0-9_\-\.%25]+)", "");
set req.url = regsuball(req.url, "\?(utm_source|utm_medium|utm_campaign|utm_content|gclid|cx|ie|cof|siteurl)=([A-z0-9_\-\.%25]+)", "?");
set req.url = regsub(req.url, "\?&", "?");
set req.url = regsub(req.url, "\?$", "");
}
# Strip anchors, server doesn't need it.
if ( req.url ~ "\#" ) {
set req.url = regsub(req.url, "\#.*$", "");
}
# Strip a trailing ? if it exists
if ( req.url ~ "\?$" ) {
set req.url = regsub(req.url, "\?$", "");
}
# Normalize the querystring arguments
set req.url = std.querysort(req.url);
/* 12th: Cookie removal */
# Always cache the following static file types for all users.
# Use with care if we control certain downloads depending on cookies.
# Be carefull also if appending .htm[l] via Drupal's clean URLs.
if ( req.url ~ "(?i)\.(bz2|css|eot|gif|gz|html?|ico|jpe?g|js|mp3|ogg|otf|pdf|png|rar|svg|swf|tbz|tgz|ttf|woff2?|zip)(\?(itok=)?[a-z0-9_=\.\-]+)?$"
&& req.url !~ "/system/storage/serve"
) {
unset req.http.Cookie;
}
# Remove all cookies that backend doesn't need to know about.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/VCLExampleRemovingSomeCookies
if ( req.http.Cookie ) {
/* Warning: Not a pretty solution */
# Prefix header containing cookies with ';'
set req.http.Cookie = ";" + req.http.Cookie;
# Remove any spaces after ';' in header containing cookies
set req.http.Cookie = regsuball(req.http.Cookie, "; +", ";");
# Prefix cookies we want to preserve with one space:
# 'S{1,2}ESS[a-z0-9]+' is the regular expression matching a Drupal session
# cookie ({1,2} added for HTTPS support).
# 'NO_CACHE' is usually set after a POST request to make sure issuing user
# see the results of his post.
# 'OATMEAL' & 'CHOCOLATECHIP' are special cookies used by Drupal's Bakery
# module to provide Single Sign On.
# Keep in mind we should add here any cookie that should reach the backend
# such as splash avoiding cookies.
set req.http.Cookie
= regsuball(
req.http.Cookie,
";(S{1,2}ESS[a-z0-9]+|NO_CACHE|OATMEAL|CHOCOLATECHIP|big_pipe_nojs)=",
"; \1="
);
# Remove from the header any single Cookie not prefixed with a space until
# next ';' separator.
set req.http.Cookie = regsuball(req.http.Cookie, ";[^ ][^;]*", "");
# Remove any '; ' at the start or the end of the header.
set req.http.Cookie = regsuball(req.http.Cookie, "^[; ]+|[; ]+$", "");
#If there are no remaining cookies, remove the cookie header.
if ( req.http.Cookie == "" ) {
unset req.http.Cookie;
}
}
/* 13th: Session cookie & special cookies bypass caching stage */
# As we might want to cache some requests, hashed with its cookies, we don't
# simply pass when some cookies remain present at this point.
# Instead we look for request that must be passed due to the cookie header.
if ( req.http.Cookie ~ "SESS"
|| req.http.Cookie ~ "SSESS"
|| req.http.Cookie ~ "NO_CACHE"
|| req.http.Cookie ~ "OATMEAL"
|| req.http.Cookie ~ "CHOCOLATECHIP"
) {
return (pass);
}
/* 14th: Announce ESI Support */
# Empty in simple configs.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/esi.html
# Note that ESI included requests inherits its parent's modified request, so
# depending on the case you will end playing with req.esi_level to know
# current depth.
# Send Surrogate-Capability headers
# See http://www.w3.org/TR/edge-arch
# Note that myproxyname is an identifier that should avoid collitions
# set req.http.Surrogate-Capability = "myproxyname=ESI/1.0";
/* 15th: Bypass breakpoint 2 */
# Useful for debugging we can now pipe or pass the request to backend to
# bypass cache.
# return (pipe);
# return (pass);
/* 16th: Bypass built-in logic */
# We make sure no built-in logic is processed after ours returning
# inconditionally.
return (hash);
}
# vcl_pipe: Called upon entering pipe mode.
# In this mode, the request is passed on to the backend, and any further data
# from either client or backend is passed on unaltered until either end closes
# the connection.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-pipe
sub vcl_pipe {
# Websocket support
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-example-websockets.html
if ( req.http.upgrade ) {
set bereq.http.upgrade = req.http.upgrade;
}
}
# sub vcl_pipe {
# # By default Connection: close is set on all piped requests, to stop
# # connection reuse from sending future requests directly to the
# # (potentially) wrong backend. If you do want this to happen, you can undo
# # it here.
# # unset bereq.http.connection;
# return (pipe);
# }
# vcl_pass: Called upon entering pass mode.
# In this mode, the request is passed on to the backend, and the backend's
# response is passed on to the client, but is not entered into the cache.
# Subsequent requests submitted over the same client connection are handled normally.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-pass
# sub vcl_pass {
# return (fetch);
# }
# vcl_hash: You may call hash_data() on the data you would like to add to the
# hash.
# Hash is used by Varnish to uniquely identify objects.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-hash
sub vcl_hash {
/* Hash cookie data */
# As requests with same URL and host can produce diferent results when issued
# with different cookies, we need to store items hashed with the associated
# cookies. Note that cookies are already sanitized when we reach this point.
if ( req.http.Cookie ) {
/* Include cookie in cache hash */
hash_data(req.http.Cookie);
}
/* Custom header hashing */
# Empty in simple configs.
# Example for caching differents object versions by device previously
# detected (when static content could also vary):
# if ( req.http.X-UA-Device ) {
# hash_data(req.http.X-UA-Device);
# }
# Example for caching diferent object versions by X-Forwarded-Proto, trying
# to be smart about what kind of request could generate diffetent responses.
if ( req.http.X-Forwarded-Proto
&& req.url !~ "(?i)\.(bz2|css|eot|gif|gz|html?|ico|jpe?g|js|mp3|ogg|otf|pdf|png|rar|svg|swf|tbz|tgz|ttf|woff2?|zip)(\?(itok=)?[a-z0-9_=\.\-]+)?$"
) {
hash_data(req.http.X-Forwarded-Proto);
}
/* Continue with built-in logic */
# We want built-in logic to be processed after ours so we don't call return.
}
# sub vcl_hash {
# hash_data(req.url);
# if (req.http.host) {
# hash_data(req.http.host);
# } else {
# hash_data(server.ip);
# }
# return (lookup);
# }
# vcl_purge: Called after the purge has been executed and all its variants have
# been evited.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-purge
# sub vcl_purge {
# return (synth(200, "Purged"));
# }
# vcl_hit: Called after a cache lookup if the requested document was found in
# the cache.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-hit
sub vcl_hit {
if ( obj.ttl >= 0s ) {
// A pure unadultered hit, deliver it
return (deliver);
}
/* Allow varnish to serve up stale content if it is responding slowly */
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-grace.html
# See https://www.varnish-software.com/blog/grace-varnish-4-stale-while-revalidate-semantics-varnish
if ( obj.ttl + 60s > 0s ) {
// Object is in grace, deliver it
// Automatically triggers a background fetch
set req.http.X-Varnish-Grace = "normal";
return (deliver);
}
/* Allow varish to serve up stale content if all backends are down */
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-grace.html
# See https://www.varnish-software.com/blog/grace-varnish-4-stale-while-revalidate-semantics-varnish
if ( ! std.healthy(req.backend_hint)
&& obj.ttl + obj.grace > 0s
) {
// Object is in grace, deliver it
// Automatically triggers a background fetch
set req.http.X-Varnish-Grace = "extended";
return (deliver);
}
/* Bypass built-in logic */
# We make sure no built-in logic is processed after ours returning
# inconditionally.
// fetch & deliver once we get the result
return (fetch);
}
# vcl_miss: Called after a cache lookup if the requested document was not found
# in the cache.
# Its purpose is to decide whether or not to attempt to retrieve the document
# from the backend, and which backend to use.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-miss
# sub vcl_miss {
# return (fetch);
# }
# vcl_deliver: Called before an object is delivered to the client
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-deliver
sub vcl_deliver {
/* Ban lurker friendly bans support */
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/purging.html#bans
unset resp.http.X-Host;
unset resp.http.X-Url;
/* Drupal 8 Purge's module header cleanup */
# Purge's headers can become quite big, causing issues in upstream proxies, so we clean it here
unset resp.http.Purge-Cache-Tags;
/* Debugging headers */
# Please consider the risks of showing publicly this information, we can wrap
# this with an ACL.
# Add whether the object is a cache hit or miss and the number of hits for
# the object.
# SeeV3 https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/VCLExampleHitMissHeader#Addingaheaderindicatinghitmiss
# In Varnish 4 the obj.hits counter behaviour has changed (see bug 1492), so
# we use a different method: if X-Varnish contains only 1 id, we have a miss,
# if it contains more (and therefore a space), we have a hit.
if ( resp.http.X-Varnish ~ " " ) {
set resp.http.X-Varnish-Cache = "HIT";
# Since in Varnish 4 the behaviour of obj.hits changed, this might not be
# accurate.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/ticket/1492
set resp.http.X-Varnish-Cache-Hits = obj.hits;
} else {
set resp.http.X-Varnish-Cache = "MISS";
/* Show the results of cookie sanitization */
if ( req.http.Cookie ) {
set resp.http.X-Varnish-Cookie = req.http.Cookie;
}
}
# See https://www.varnish-software.com/blog/grace-varnish-4-stale-while-revalidate-semantics-varnish
if ( req.http.X-Varnish-Grace ) {
set resp.http.X-Varnish-Grace = req.http.X-Varnish-Grace;
}
#TODO# Add sick marker
# Restart count
if ( req.restarts > 0 ) {
set resp.http.X-Varnish-Restarts = req.restarts;
}
# Add the Varnish server hostname
set resp.http.X-Varnish-Server = server.hostname;
# If we have setted a custom header with device's family detected we can show
# it:
# if ( req.http.X-UA-Device ) {
# set resp.http.X-UA-Device = req.http.X-UA-Device;
# }
# If we have recived a custom header indicating the protocol in the request we
# can show it:
# if ( req.http.X-Forwarded-Proto ) {
# set resp.http.X-Forwarded-Proto = req.http.X-Forwarded-Proto;
# }
/* Vary header manipulation */
# Empty in simple configs.
# By example, if we are storing & serving diferent objects depending on
# User-Agent header we must set the correct Vary header:
# if ( resp.http.Vary ) {
# set resp.http.Vary = resp.http.Vary + ",User-Agent";
# } else {
# set resp.http.Vary = "User-Agent";
# }
/* Fake headers */
# Empty in simple configs
# We can fake server headers here, by example:
# set resp.http.Server = "Deep thought";
# set resp.http.X-Powered-By = "BOFH";
# Or have some fun with headers:
# See http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2005/08/07/fun-with-http-headers
# See http://royal.pingdom.com/2012/08/15/fun-and-unusual-http-response-headers/
# set resp.http.X-Thank-You = "for bothering to look at my HTTP headers";
# set resp.http.X-Answer = "42";
/* Continue with built-in logic */
# We want built-in logic to be processed after ours so we don't call return.
}
# sub vcl_deliver {
# return (deliver);
# }
# vcl_synth: Called to deliver a synthetic object. A synthetic object is
# generated in VCL, not fetched from the backend. It is typically contructed
# using the synthetic() function.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-synth
/*
* We can come here "invisibly" with the following errors: 413, 417 & 503
*/
sub vcl_synth {
/* Do some Varnish black magic such as custom client redirections */
# Empty in simple configs.
# call perm_redirections_synth;
/* Try to restart request in case of failure */
# Note that max_restarts defaults to 4
# SeeV3 https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/VCLExampleRestarts
if ( resp.status == 503
&& req.restarts < 4
) {
return (restart);
}
/* Set common headers for synthetic responses */
set resp.http.Content-Type = "text/html; charset=utf-8";
/* HTTP Authentification client request */
# Empty in simple configs.
# SeeV3 http://blog.tenya.me/blog/2011/12/14/varnish-http-authentication/
/* Load synthetic responses from disk */
# Note that files loaded this way are never re-readed (even after a reload).
# You should consider PROS/CONS of doing an include instead.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/reference/vmod_std.generated.html#func-fileread
# Example custom 403 error page.
# if ( resp.status == 403 ) {
# synthetic(std.fileread("/403.html"));
# return (deliver);
# }
/* Error page & refresh / redirections */
# We have plenty of choices when we have to serve an error to the client,
# from the default error page to javascript black magic or plain redirections.
# Adding some external statistic javascript to track failures served to
# clients is strongly suggested.
# We can't use external resources on synthetic content, everything must be
# inlined.
# If we need to include images we can embed them in base64 encoding.
# We're using error 200 for monitoring puposes which should not be retried
# client side.
if ( resp.status != 200 ) {
set resp.http.Retry-After = "5";
}
# Here is the default error page for Varnish 4 (not so pretty)
synthetic( {"<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>"} + resp.status + " " + resp.reason + {"</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Error "} + resp.status + " " + resp.reason + {"</h1>
<p>"} + resp.reason + {"</p>
<h3>Guru Meditation:</h3>
<p>XID: "} + req.xid + {"</p>
<hr>
<p>Varnish cache server</p>
</body>
</html>
"} );
/* Bypass built-in logic */
# We make sure no built-in logic is processed after ours returning
# inconditionally.
return (deliver);
}
#######################################################################
# Backend Fetch
# vcl_backend_fetch: Called before sending the backend request. In this
# subroutine you typically alter the request before it gets to the backend.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-backend-fetch
# sub vcl_backend_fetch {
# return (fetch);
# }
# vcl_backend_response: Called after the response headers has been successfully
# retrieved from the backend.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-backend-response
sub vcl_backend_response {
/* Ban lurker friendly bans support */
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/purging.html#bans
set beresp.http.X-Host = bereq.http.host;
set beresp.http.X-Url = bereq.url;
/* Caching exceptions */
# Varnish will cache objects with response codes:
# 200, 203, 300, 301, 302, 307, 404 & 410.
# SeeV3 https://www.varnish-software.com/static/book/VCL_Basics.html#the-initial-value-of-beresp-ttl
# Drupal's Imagecache module can return a 307 redirection to the requested
# url itself and, depending on Drupal's cache settings, this could lead to a
# redirection loop being cached for a long time but also we want Varnish to
# shield a little the backend.
# See http://drupal.org/node/1248010
# See http://drupal.org/node/310656
if ( beresp.status == 307
#TODO# verify that this work better than 'bereq.url ~ "imagecache"'
&& beresp.http.Location == bereq.url
&& beresp.ttl > 5s
) {
set beresp.ttl = 5s;
set beresp.http.cache-control = "max-age=5";
}
/* Request retrial */
if ( beresp.status == 500
|| beresp.status == 503
) {
#TODO# consider not restarting POST requests as seenV3 on https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/VCLExampleSaintMode
return (retry);
}
/* Enable grace mode. Related with vcl_hit */
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-grace.html
# See https://www.varnish-software.com/blog/grace-varnish-4-stale-while-revalidate-semantics-varnish
set beresp.grace = 1h;
/* Strip cookies from the following static file types for all users. */
# Related with our 12th stage on vcl_recv
if ( bereq.url ~ "(?i)\.(bz2|css|eot|gif|gz|html?|ico|jpe?g|js|mp3|ogg|otf|pdf|png|rar|svg|swf|tbz|tgz|ttf|woff2?|zip)(\?(itok=)?[a-z0-9_=\.\-]+)?$"
) {
unset beresp.http.set-cookie;
}
/* Process ESI responses */
# Empty in simple configs.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/esi.html
# Send Surrogate-Capability headers
# See http://www.w3.org/TR/edge-arch
# Note that myproxyname is an identifier that should avoid collitions
# Check for ESI acknowledgement and remove Surrogate-Control header
#TODO# Add support for Surrogate-Control Targetting
# if ( beresp.http.Surrogate-Control ~ "ESI/1.0" ) {
# unset beresp.http.Surrogate-Control;
# set beresp.do_esi = true;
# }
/* Gzip response */
# Empty in simple configs.
# Use Varnish to Gzip respone, if suitable, before storing it on cache.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/compression.html
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/phk/gzip.html
if ( ! beresp.http.Content-Encoding
&& ( beresp.http.content-type ~ "(?i)text"
|| beresp.http.content-type ~ "(?i)application/x-javascript"
|| beresp.http.content-type ~ "(?i)application/javascript"
|| beresp.http.content-type ~ "(?i)application/rss+xml"
|| beresp.http.content-type ~ "(?i)application/xml"
|| beresp.http.content-type ~ "(?i)Application/JSON")
) {
set beresp.do_gzip = true;
}
/* Drupal 8's Big Pipe support */
# Tentative support, maybe 'set beresp.ttl = 0s;' is also needed
if ( beresp.http.Surrogate-Control ~ "BigPipe/1.0" ) {
set beresp.do_stream = true;
# Varnish gzipping breaks streaming of the first response
set beresp.do_gzip = false;
}
/* Debugging headers */
# Please consider the risks of showing publicly this information, we can wrap
# this with an ACL.
# We can add the name of the backend that has processed the request:
# set beresp.http.X-Varnish-Backend = beresp.backend.name;
# We can use a header to tell if the object was gziped by Varnish:
# if ( beresp.do_gzip ) {
# set beresp.http.X-Varnish-Gzipped = "yes";
# } else {
# set beresp.http.X-Varnish-Gzipped = "no";
# }
# We can do the same to tell if Varnish is streaming it:
# if ( beresp.do_stream ) {
# set beresp.http.X-Varnish-Streaming = "yes";
# } else {
# set beresp.http.X-Varnish-Streaming = "no";
# }
# We can also add headers informing whether the object is cacheable or not and why:
# SeeV3 https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/VCLExampleHitMissHeader#Varnish3.0
if ( beresp.ttl <= 0s ) {
/* Varnish determined the object was not cacheable */
set beresp.http.X-Varnish-Cacheable = "NO:Not Cacheable";
} elsif ( bereq.http.Cookie ~ "(SESS|SSESS|NO_CACHE|OATMEAL|CHOCOLATECHIP)" ) {
/* We don't wish to cache content for logged in users or with certain cookies. */
# Related with our 9th stage on vcl_recv
set beresp.http.X-Varnish-Cacheable = "NO:Cookies";
# set beresp.uncacheable = true;
} elsif ( beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "private" ) {
/* We are respecting the Cache-Control=private header from the backend */
set beresp.http.X-Varnish-Cacheable = "NO:Cache-Control=private";
# set beresp.uncacheable = true;
} else {
/* Varnish determined the object was cacheable */
set beresp.http.X-Varnish-Cacheable = "YES";
}
/* Further header manipulation */
# Empty in simple configs.
# We can also unset some headers to prevent information disclosure and save
# some cache space.
# unset beresp.http.Server;
# unset beresp.http.X-Powered-By;
# Retry count.
if ( bereq.retries > 0 ) {
set beresp.http.X-Varnish-Retries = bereq.retries;
}
/* Continue with built-in logic */
# We want built-in logic to be processed after ours so we don't call return.
}
# sub vcl_backend_response {
# if (beresp.ttl <= 0s ||
# beresp.http.Set-Cookie ||
# beresp.http.Surrogate-control ~ "no-store" ||
# (!beresp.http.Surrogate-Control &&
# beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "no-cache|no-store|private") ||
# beresp.http.Vary == "*") {
# /*
# * Mark as "Hit-For-Pass" for the next 2 minutes
# */
# set beresp.ttl = 120s;
# set beresp.uncacheable = true;
# }
# return (deliver);
# }
# vcl_backend_error: This subroutine is called if we fail the backend fetch.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-backend-error
sub vcl_backend_error {
/* Try to restart request in case of failure */
#TODO# Confirm max_retries default value
# SeeV3 https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/VCLExampleRestarts
if ( bereq.retries < 4 ) {
return (retry);
}
/* Debugging headers */
# Please consider the risks of showing publicly this information, we can wrap
# this with an ACL.
# Retry count
if ( bereq.retries > 0 ) {
set beresp.http.X-Varnish-Retries = bereq.retries;
}
set beresp.http.Content-Type = "text/html; charset=utf-8";
set beresp.http.Retry-After = "5";
synthetic( {"<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>"} + beresp.status + " " + beresp.reason + {"</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Error "} + beresp.status + " " + beresp.reason + {"</h1>
<p>"} + beresp.reason + {"</p>
<h3>Guru Meditation:</h3>
<p>XID: "} + bereq.xid + {"</p>
<hr>
<p>Varnish cache server</p>
</body>
</html>
"} );
/* Bypass built-in logic */
# We make sure no built-in logic is processed after ours returning at this
# point.
return (deliver);
}
#######################################################################
# Housekeeping
# vcl_init: Called when VCL is loaded, before any requests pass through it.
# Typically used to initialize VMODs.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-init
# Here is where you should declare your directors now.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/reference/vmod_directors.generated.html
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-backends.html#directors
# Empty in simple configs
# sub vcl_init {
# return (ok);
# }
# vcl_fini: Called when VCL is discarded only after all requests have exited
# the VCL. Typically used to clean up VMODs.
# See https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/4.0/users-guide/vcl-built-in-subs.html#vcl-fini
# sub vcl_fini {
# return (ok);
# }
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