Configure Varnish with Apache on Ubuntu 14.04

Configuring Varnish to work with Apache on Ubuntu 14.04 is largely similar to this article covering 12.04.

I just ran through a basic set up on 14.04. The first step is to install Apache and Varnish:

sudo apt-get install varnish apache2

Then we need to configure Varnish to listen on port 80. Edit the file /etc/default/varnish Find the section begin with “Alternative 2, Configuration with VCL” Make sure it’s uncommented and update the port:

DAEMON_OPTS="-a :80 \
             -T localhost:6082 \
             -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl \
             -S /etc/varnish/secret \
             -s malloc,256m"

Next we need to adjust Apache to listen on port 8080. Edit /etc/apache2/ports.conf and change Listen 80 to Listen 8080 Then edit /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf and change <VirtualHost *:80> to <VirtualHost *:8080>

Finally, restart Varnish and Apache with:

sudo service apache2 restart
sudo service varnish restart

Varnish is now sitting in front of Apache and serving cached content.

Configuring Varnish to work with Apache on Ubuntu 14.04 is largely similar to this article covering 12.04.

I just ran through a basic set up on 14.04. The first step is to install Apache and Varnish:

sudo apt-get install varnish apache2

Then we need to configure Varnish to listen on port 80. Edit the file /etc/default/varnish Find the section begin with “Alternative 2, Configuration with VCL” Make sure it’s uncommented and update the port:

DAEMON_OPTS="-a :80 \
             -T localhost:6082 \
             -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl \
             -S /etc/varnish/secret \
             -s malloc,256m"

Next we need to adjust Apache to listen on port 8080. Edit /etc/apache2/ports.conf and change Listen 80 to Listen 8080 Then edit /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf and change <VirtualHost *:80> to <VirtualHost *:8080>

Finally, restart Varnish and Apache with:

sudo service apache2 restart
sudo service varnish restart

Varnish is now sitting in front of Apache and serving cached content.

Configuring Varnish to work with Apache on Ubuntu 14.04 is largely similar to this article covering 12.04.

I just ran through a basic set up on 14.04. The first step is to install Apache and Varnish:

sudo apt-get install varnish apache2

Then we need to configure Varnish to listen on port 80. Edit the file /etc/default/varnish Find the section begin with “Alternative 2, Configuration with VCL” Make sure it’s uncommented and update the port:

DAEMON_OPTS="-a :80 \
             -T localhost:6082 \
             -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl \
             -S /etc/varnish/secret \
             -s malloc,256m"

Next we need to adjust Apache to listen on port 8080. Edit /etc/apache2/ports.conf and change Listen 80 to Listen 8080 Then edit /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf and change <VirtualHost *:80> to <VirtualHost *:8080>

Finally, restart Varnish and Apache with:

sudo service apache2 restart
sudo service varnish restart

Varnish is now sitting in front of Apache and serving cached content.

Configuring Varnish to work with Apache on Ubuntu 14.04 is largely similar to this article covering 12.04.

I just ran through a basic set up on 14.04. The first step is to install Apache and Varnish:

sudo apt-get install varnish apache2

Then we need to configure Varnish to listen on port 80. Edit the file /etc/default/varnish Find the section begin with “Alternative 2, Configuration with VCL” Make sure it’s uncommented and update the port:

DAEMON_OPTS="-a :80 \
             -T localhost:6082 \
             -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl \
             -S /etc/varnish/secret \
             -s malloc,256m"

Next we need to adjust Apache to listen on port 8080. Edit /etc/apache2/ports.conf and change Listen 80 to Listen 8080 Then edit /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf and change <VirtualHost *:80> to <VirtualHost *:8080>

Finally, restart Varnish and Apache with:

sudo service apache2 restart
sudo service varnish restart

Varnish is now sitting in front of Apache and serving cached content.

I’m using ubuntu 16 , and having link problems:

http://example.com/test is redirecting to http://example.com:8080/test and returning error :|

For Varnish to work on Ubuntu 15.04.

First grep:

If result is “/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/varnish.service”

Change the ExecStart to this only.

Save and exit, restart Varnish.

systemctl restart varnish.service

@emshidiq I run multiple sites under one VPS and would like to know the answer too. Thanks for asking.