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[Varnish 2 to Varnish 3 Update] WordPress Varnish (http://ocaoimh.ie/2011/08/09/speed-up-wordpress-with-apache-and-varnish/)
acl purge {
"localhost";
}
###### Taken from http://ocaoimh.ie/2011/08/09/speed-up-wordpress-with-apache-and-varnish/ ######
# Called after a document has been successfully retrieved from the backend.
sub vcl_fetch {
# Uncomment to make the default cache "time to live" is 5 minutes, handy
# but it may cache stale pages unless purged. (TODO)
# By default Varnish will use the headers sent to it by Apache (the backend server)
# to figure out the correct TTL.
# WP Super Cache sends a TTL of 3 seconds, set in wp-content/cache/.htaccess
# set beresp.ttl = 300s;
# Strip cookies for static files and set a long cache expiry time.
if (req.url ~ "\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|pdf|txt|tar|wav|bmp|rtf|js|flv|swf|html|htm)$") {
unset beresp.http.set-cookie;
set beresp.ttl = 24h;
}
# If WordPress cookies found then page is not cacheable
if (!req.http.Cookie ~"(wp-postpass|wordpress_logged_in|comment_author_)") {
return(hit_for_pass);
#set beresp.cacheable = true;
}
# Varnish determined the object was not cacheable
if (!beresp.ttl > 0s) {
set beresp.http.X-Cacheable = "NO:Not Cacheable";
} else if ( req.http.Cookie ~"(wp-postpass|wordpress_logged_in|comment_author_)" ) {
# You don't wish to cache content for logged in users
set beresp.http.X-Cacheable = "NO:Got Session";
return(hit_for_pass);
} else if ( beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "private") {
# You are respecting the Cache-Control=private header from the backend
set beresp.http.X-Cacheable = "NO:Cache-Control=private";
return(hit_for_pass);
} else if ( beresp.ttl < 1s ) {
# You are extending the lifetime of the object artificially
set beresp.ttl = 300s;
set beresp.grace = 300s;
set beresp.http.X-Cacheable = "YES:Forced";
} else {
# Varnish determined the object was cacheable
set beresp.http.X-Cacheable = "YES";
}
if (beresp.status == 404 || beresp.status >= 500) {
set beresp.ttl = 0s;
}
# Deliver the content
return(deliver);
}
sub vcl_hash {
# Each cached page has to be identified by a key that unlocks it.
# Add the browser cookie only if a WordPress cookie found.
if ( req.http.Cookie ~"(wp-postpass|wordpress_logged_in|comment_author_)" ) {
#set req.hash += req.http.Cookie;
hash_data(req.http.Cookie);
}
}
# Deliver
sub vcl_deliver {
# Uncomment these lines to remove these headers once you've finished setting up Varnish.
#remove resp.http.X-Varnish;
#remove resp.http.Via;
#remove resp.http.Age;
#remove resp.http.X-Powered-By;
}
# vcl_recv is called whenever a request is received
sub vcl_recv {
# remove ?ver=xxxxx strings from urls so css and js files are cached.
# Watch out when upgrading WordPress, need to restart Varnish or flush cache.
set req.url = regsub(req.url, "\?ver=.*$", "");
# Remove "replytocom" from requests to make caching better.
set req.url = regsub(req.url, "\?replytocom=.*$", "");
remove req.http.X-Forwarded-For;
set req.http.X-Forwarded-For = client.ip;
# Exclude this site because it breaks if cached
#if ( req.http.host == "example.com" ) {
# return( pass );
#}
# Serve objects up to 2 minutes past their expiry if the backend is slow to respond.
set req.grace = 120s;
# Strip cookies for static files:
if (req.url ~ "\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|pdf|txt|tar|wav|bmp|rtf|js|flv|swf|html|htm)$") {
unset req.http.Cookie;
return(lookup);
}
# Remove has_js and Google Analytics __* cookies.
set req.http.Cookie = regsuball(req.http.Cookie, "(^|;\s*)(__[a-z]+|has_js)=[^;]*", "");
# Remove a ";" prefix, if present.
set req.http.Cookie = regsub(req.http.Cookie, "^;\s*", "");
# Remove empty cookies.
if (req.http.Cookie ~ "^\s*$") {
unset req.http.Cookie;
}
if (req.request == "BAN") {
if(!client.ip ~ purge) {
error 405 "Not allowed.";
}
ban("req.url ~ "+req.url+" && req.http.host == "+req.http.host);
error 200 "Banned.";
}
# Pass anything other than GET and HEAD directly.
if (req.request != "GET" && req.request != "HEAD") {
return( pass );
} /* We only deal with GET and HEAD by default */
# remove cookies for comments cookie to make caching better.
set req.http.cookie = regsub(req.http.cookie, "1231111111111111122222222333333=[^;]+(; )?", "");
# never cache the admin pages, or the server-status page
if (req.request == "GET" && (req.url ~ "(wp-admin|bb-admin|server-status)")) {
return(pipe);
}
# don't cache authenticated sessions
if (req.http.Cookie && req.http.Cookie ~ "(wordpress_|PHPSESSID)") {
return(pass);
}
# don't cache ajax requests
if(req.http.X-Requested-With == "XMLHttpRequest" || req.url ~ "nocache" || req.url ~ "(control.php|wp-comments-post.php|wp-login.php
|bb-login.php|bb-reset-password.php|register.php)") {
return (pass);
}
return( lookup );
}
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