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
  7 Hours
 

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