Course Outline
Introduction
- Varnish vs Nginx vs other solutions
Overview of caching and proxy servers
Installing and configuring Varnish
Using the Varnish Administration Console (VAC)
Handling HTTP connections with Varnish
Working with the Varnish Configuration Language (VCL)
Invalidating the Varnish cache
Understanding the lifetime of cached objects
Dealing with Backends
Optimizing connections
Logging, measuring and debugging Varnish
Integrating Varnish with other infrastructure and services
Closing remarks
Requirements
- Knowledge of the Linux command line (shell)
- Understanding of HTTP and networking
Testimonials (5)
Lots of exercises and help with problems.
Celina - Centrum Informatyki Resortu Finansów
Course - Apache Web Server Administration
The trainer was knowledgeable and approachable. He responded to the question with patience.
Charles Kossivi - Avalon Healthcare Solutions
Course - Jetty: Embedding A Web Server Inside Your Application
The trainer was very knowledgeable and was able to answer most questions that were somewhat outside of the scope of what we needed to cover. He was dynamic, funny and polite.
Pascal Durocher - City of Montreal
Course - HTTP fundamentals and Nginx web server
I generally was benefit from the hands-on training.
Robert Badeloe
Course - IIS 7 and ASP.NET Administration
It was a compact and well delivered one.