varnishd

HTTP accelerator daemon

Author:Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Author:Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
Author:Per Buer
Date:2010-05-31
Version:1.0
Manual section:1

SYNOPSIS

varnishd [-a address[:port]] [-b host[:port]] [-d] [-F] [-f config]
[-g group] [-h type[,options]] [-i identity] [-l shmlogsize] [-n name] [-P file] [-p param=value] [-s type[,options]] [-T address[:port]] [-t ttl] [-r param[,param...]] [-u user] [-V]

DESCRIPTION

The varnishd daemon accepts HTTP requests from clients, passes them on to a backend server and caches the returned documents to better satisfy future requests for the same document.

OPTIONS

-a address[:port][,address[:port][...]
Listen for client requests on the specified address and port. The address can be a host name (“localhost”), an IPv4 dotted-quad (“127.0.0.1”), or an IPv6 address enclosed in square brackets (“[::1]”). If address is not specified, varnishd will listen on all available IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces. If port is not specified, the default HTTP port as listed in /etc/services is used. Multiple listening addresses and ports can be speci‐ fied as a whitespace- or comma-separated list.
-b host[:port]
Use the specified host as backend server. If port is not specified, the default is 8080.
-C Print VCL code compiled to C language and exit. Specify the VCL file to compile with the -f option.
-d Enables debugging mode: The parent process runs in the foreground with a CLI connection on stdin/stdout, and the child process must be started explicitly with a CLI command. Terminating the parent process will also terminate the child.
-F Run in the foreground.
-f config Use the specified VCL configuration file instead of the builtin default. See vcl(7) for details on VCL syntax. When no configuration is supplied varnishd will not start the cache process.
-g group Specifies the name of an unprivileged group to which the child process should switch before it starts accepting connections. This is a shortcut for specifying the group run-time parameter.
-h type[,options]
Specifies the hash algorithm. See Hash Algorithms for a list of supported algorithms.
-i identity Specify the identity of the varnish server. This can be accessed using server.identity from VCL
-l shmlogsize Specify size of shmlog file. Scaling suffixes like 'k', 'm' can be used up to (e)tabytes. Default is 80 Megabytes. Specifying less than 8 Megabytes is unwise.
-n name Specify a name for this instance. Amonst other things, this name is used to construct the name of the directory in which varnishd keeps temporary files and persistent state. If the specified name begins with a forward slash, it is interpreted as the absolute path to the directory which should be used for this purpose.
-P file Write the process's PID to the specified file.
-p param=value
Set the parameter specified by param to the specified value. See Run-Time Parameters for a list of parameters. This option can be used multiple times to specify multiple parameters.
-S file Path to a file containing a secret used for authorizing access to the management port.
-s [name=]type[,options]
Use the specified storage backend. The storage backends can be one of the following:
  • malloc[,size]
  • file[,path[,size[,granularity]]]
  • persistent,path,size

See Storage Types in the Users Guide for more information on the various storage backends. This option can be used multiple times to specify multiple storage files. Names are referenced in logs, vcl, statistics, etc.

-T address[:port]
Offer a management interface on the specified address and port. See Management Interface for a list of management commands.
-M address:port
Connect to this port and offer the command line interface. Think of it as a reverse shell. When running with -M and there is no backend defined the child process (the cache) will not start initially.
-t ttl Specifies a hard minimum time to live for cached documents. This is a shortcut for specifying the default_ttl run-time parameter.
-r param[,param...]
Make the listed parameters read only. This gives the system administrator a way to limit what the Varnish CLI can do. Consider making parameters such as user, group, cc_command, vcc_allow_inline_c read only as these can potentially be used to escalate privileges from the CLI. Protecting listen_address may also be a good idea.
-u user

Specifies the name of an unprivileged user to which the child process should switch before it starts accepting connections. This is a shortcut for specifying the user run- time parameter.

If specifying both a user and a group, the user should be specified first.

-V Display the version number and exit.

Hash Algorithms

The following hash algorithms are available:

simple_list
A simple doubly-linked list. Not recommended for production use.
classic[,buckets]
A standard hash table. This is the default. The hash key is the CRC32 of the object's URL modulo the size of the hash table. Each table entry points to a list of elements which share the same hash key. The buckets parameter specifies the number of entries in the hash table. The default is 16383.
critbit
A self-scaling tree structure. The default hash algorithm in 2.1. In comparison to a more traditional B tree the critbit tree is almost completely lockless.

Storage Types

The following storage types are available:

malloc

syntax: malloc[,size]

malloc is a memory based backend.

file

syntax: file[,path[,size[,granularity]]]

The file backend stores data in a file on disk. The file will be accessed using mmap.

persistent (experimental)

syntax: persistent,path,size

Persistent storage. Varnish will store objects in a file in a manner that will secure the survival of most of the objects in the event of a planned or unplanned shutdown of Varnish.

Management Interface

If the -T option was specified, varnishd will offer a command-line management interface on the specified address and port. The recommended way of connecting to the command-line management interface is through varnishadm(1).

The commands available are documented in varnish(7).

Run-Time Parameters

Runtime parameters are marked with shorthand flags to avoid repeating the same text over and over in the table below. The meaning of the flags are:

experimental
We have no solid information about good/bad/optimal values for this parameter. Feedback with experience and observations are most welcome.
delayed
This parameter can be changed on the fly, but will not take effect immediately.
restart
The worker process must be stopped and restarted, before this parameter takes effect.
reload
The VCL programs must be reloaded for this parameter to take effect.

Here is a list of all parameters, current as of last time we remembered to update the manual page. This text is produced from the same text you will find in the CLI if you use the param.show command, so should there be a new parameter which is not listed here, you can find the description using the CLI commands.

Be aware that on 32 bit systems, certain default values, such as workspace_client (=16k), thread_pool_workspace (=16k), http_resp_size (=8k), http_req_size (=12k), gzip_stack_buffer (=4k) and thread_pool_stack (=64k) are reduced relative to the values listed here, in order to conserve VM space.

accept_filter
  • Units: bool
  • Default: on
  • Flags: must_restart

Enable kernel accept-filters, if supported by the kernel.

acceptor_sleep_decay
  • Default: 0.9
  • Minimum: 0
  • Maximum: 1
  • Flags: experimental

If we run out of resources, such as file descriptors or worker threads, the acceptor will sleep between accepts. This parameter (multiplicatively) reduces the sleep duration for each succesfull accept. (ie: 0.9 = reduce by 10%)

acceptor_sleep_incr
  • Units: s
  • Default: 0.001000
  • Minimum: 0.000000
  • Maximum: 1.000000
  • Flags: experimental

If we run out of resources, such as file descriptors or worker threads, the acceptor will sleep between accepts. This parameter control how much longer we sleep, each time we fail to accept a new connection in succession.

acceptor_sleep_max
  • Units: s
  • Default: 0.050000
  • Minimum: 0.000000
  • Maximum: 10.000000
  • Flags: experimental

If we run out of resources, such as file descriptors or worker threads, the acceptor will sleep between accepts. This parameter limits how long it can sleep between attempts to accept new connections.

auto_restart
  • Units: bool
  • Default: on

Restart child process automatically if it dies. This is not related to restarts in VCL.

ban_dups
  • Units: bool
  • Default: on

Detect and eliminate duplicate bans.

ban_lurker_sleep
  • Units: s
  • Default: 0.010000
  • Minimum: 0.000000

How long time does the ban lurker thread sleep between successful attempts to push the last item up the ban list. It always sleeps a second when nothing can be done. A value of zero disables the ban lurker.

between_bytes_timeout
  • Units: s
  • Default: 60.000000
  • Minimum: 0.000000

Default timeout between bytes when receiving data from backend. We only wait for this many seconds between bytes before giving up. A value of 0 means it will never time out. VCL can override this default value for each backend request and backend request. This parameter does not apply to pipe mode.

busyobj_worker_cache
  • Units: bool
  • Default: off

Cache free busyobj per worker thread. Disable this if you have very high hitrates and want to save the memory of one busyobj per worker thread.

cc_command
  • Default: "exec clang -std=gnu99 -Qunused-arguments -D_THREAD_SAFE -pthread -fpic -shared -Wl,-x -o %o %s"
  • Flags: must_reload

Command used for compiling the C source code to a dlopen(3) loadable object. Any occurrence of %s in the string will be replaced with the source file name, and %o will be replaced with the output file name.

cli_buffer
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 8k
  • Minimum: 4k

Size of buffer for CLI command input. You may need to increase this if you have big VCL files and use the vcl.inline CLI command. NB: Must be specified with -p to have an effect.

cli_limit
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 48k
  • Minimum: 128b
  • Maximum: 99999999b

Maximum size of CLI response. If the response exceeds this limit, the reponse code will be 201 instead of 200 and the last line will indicate the truncation.

cli_timeout
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 10
  • Minimum: 0

Timeout for CLI requests from the parent to the child process. If this timeout expires before the child responds, the master process will terminate the child process. The setting of auto_restart determines if it will get restarted automatically.

clock_skew
  • Units: s
  • Default: 10
  • Minimum: 0

How much clockskew we are willing to accept between the backend and our own clock.

connect_timeout
  • Units: s
  • Default: 3.500000
  • Minimum: 0.000000

Default connection timeout for backend connections. We only try to connect to the backend for this many seconds before giving up. VCL can override this default value for each backend and backend request.

critbit_cooloff
  • Units: s
  • Default: 180.000000
  • Minimum: 60.000000
  • Maximum: 254.000000
  • Flags: wizard

How long time the critbit hasher keeps deleted objheads on the cooloff list.

debug
  • Default: none

Enable/Disable various kinds of debugging.

none
Disable all debugging

Use +/- prefix to set/reset individual bits:

req_state
VSL Request state engine
workspace
VSL Workspace operations
waiter
VSL Waiter internals
waitinglist
VSL Waitinglist events
syncvsl
Make VSL synchronous
hashedge
Edge cases in Hash
vclrel
Rapid VCL release
lurker
VSL Ban lurker
esi_chop
Chop ESI fetch to bits
default_grace
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 10.000000
  • Minimum: 0.000000
  • Flags:

Default grace period. We will deliver an object this long after it has expired, provided another thread is attempting to get a new copy.

default_keep
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 0.000000
  • Minimum: 0.000000
  • Flags:

Default keep period. We will keep a useless object around this long, making it available for conditional backend fetches. That means that the object will be removed from the cache at the end of ttl+grace+keep.

default_ttl
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 20.000000
  • Minimum: 0.000000
  • Flags:

The TTL assigned to objects if neither the backend nor the VCL code assigns one.

feature
  • Default: none

Enable/Disable various minor features.

none
Disable all features.

Use +/- prefix to enable/disable individual feature:

short_panic
Short panic message.
wait_silo
Wait for persistent silo.
no_coredump
No coredumps.
esi_ignore_https
Treat HTTPS as HTTP in ESI:includes
esi_disable_xml_check
Don't check of body looks like XML
esi_ignore_other_elements
Ignore non-esi XML-elements
esi_remove_bom
Remove UTF-8 BOM
fetch_chunksize
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 128k
  • Minimum: 4k
  • Flags: experimental

The default chunksize used by fetcher. This should be bigger than the majority of objects with short TTLs. Internal limits in the storage_file module makes increases above 128kb a dubious idea.

fetch_maxchunksize
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 0.25G
  • Minimum: 64k
  • Flags: experimental

The maximum chunksize we attempt to allocate from storage. Making this too large may cause delays and storage fragmentation.

first_byte_timeout
  • Units: s
  • Default: 60.000000
  • Minimum: 0.000000

Default timeout for receiving first byte from backend. We only wait for this many seconds for the first byte before giving up. A value of 0 means it will never time out. VCL can override this default value for each backend and backend request. This parameter does not apply to pipe.

group
  • Default: nogroup (65533)
  • Flags: must_restart

The unprivileged group to run as.

gzip_buffer
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 32k
  • Minimum: 2k
  • Flags: experimental

Size of malloc buffer used for gzip processing. These buffers are used for in-transit data, for instance gunzip'ed data being sent to a client.Making this space to small results in more overhead, writes to sockets etc, making it too big is probably just a waste of memory.

gzip_level
  • Default: 6
  • Minimum: 0
  • Maximum: 9

Gzip compression level: 0=debug, 1=fast, 9=best

gzip_memlevel
  • Default: 8
  • Minimum: 1
  • Maximum: 9

Gzip memory level 1=slow/least, 9=fast/most compression. Memory impact is 1=1k, 2=2k, ... 9=256k.

http_gzip_support
  • Units: bool
  • Default: on
Enable gzip support. When enabled Varnish request compressed objects from the backend and store them compressed. If a client does not support gzip encoding Varnish will uncompress compressed objects on demand. Varnish will also rewrite the Accept-Encoding header of clients indicating support for gzip to:
Accept-Encoding: gzip

Clients that do not support gzip will have their Accept-Encoding header removed. For more information on how gzip is implemented please see the chapter on gzip in the Varnish reference.

http_max_hdr
  • Units: header lines
  • Default: 64
  • Minimum: 32
  • Maximum: 65535

Maximum number of HTTP header lines we allow in {req|resp|bereq|beresp}.http (obj.http is autosized to the exact number of headers). Cheap, ~20 bytes, in terms of workspace memory. Note that the first line occupies five header lines.

http_range_support
  • Units: bool
  • Default: on

Enable support for HTTP Range headers.

http_req_hdr_len
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 8k
  • Minimum: 40b

Maximum length of any HTTP client request header we will allow. The limit is inclusive its continuation lines.

http_req_size
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 32k
  • Minimum: 0.25k

Maximum number of bytes of HTTP client request we will deal with. This is a limit on all bytes up to the double blank line which ends the HTTP request. The memory for the request is allocated from the client workspace (param: workspace_client) and this parameter limits how much of that the request is allowed to take up.

http_resp_hdr_len
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 8k
  • Minimum: 40b

Maximum length of any HTTP backend response header we will allow. The limit is inclusive its continuation lines.

http_resp_size
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 32k
  • Minimum: 0.25k

Maximum number of bytes of HTTP backend resonse we will deal with. This is a limit on all bytes up to the double blank line which ends the HTTP request. The memory for the request is allocated from the worker workspace (param: thread_pool_workspace) and this parameter limits how much of that the request is allowed to take up.

idle_send_timeout
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 60
  • Minimum: 0
  • Flags: delayed

Time to wait with no data sent. If no data has been transmitted in this many seconds the session is closed. See setsockopt(2) under SO_SNDTIMEO for more information.

listen_address
  • Default: :80
  • Flags: must_restart

Whitespace separated list of network endpoints where Varnish will accept requests. Possible formats: host, host:port, :port

listen_depth
  • Units: connections
  • Default: 1024
  • Minimum: 0
  • Flags: must_restart

Listen queue depth.

log_local_address
  • Units: bool
  • Default: on

Log the local address on the TCP connection in the SessionOpen VSL record. Disabling this saves a getsockname(2) system call per TCP connection.

lru_interval
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 2
  • Minimum: 0
  • Flags: experimental

Grace period before object moves on LRU list. Objects are only moved to the front of the LRU list if they have not been moved there already inside this timeout period. This reduces the amount of lock operations necessary for LRU list access.

max_esi_depth
  • Units: levels
  • Default: 5
  • Minimum: 0

Maximum depth of esi:include processing.

max_restarts
  • Units: restarts
  • Default: 4
  • Minimum: 0

Upper limit on how many times a request can restart. Be aware that restarts are likely to cause a hit against the backend, so don't increase thoughtlessly.

max_retries
  • Units: retries
  • Default: 4
  • Minimum: 0

Upper limit on how many times a backend fetch can retry.

nuke_limit
  • Units: allocations
  • Default: 50
  • Minimum: 0
  • Flags: experimental

Maximum number of objects we attempt to nuke in orderto make space for a object body.

pcre_match_limit
  • Default: 10000
  • Minimum: 1

The limit for the number of internal matching function calls in a pcre_exec() execution.

pcre_match_limit_recursion
  • Default: 10000
  • Minimum: 1

The limit for the number of internal matching function recursions in a pcre_exec() execution.

ping_interval
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 3
  • Minimum: 0
  • Flags: must_restart

Interval between pings from parent to child. Zero will disable pinging entirely, which makes it possible to attach a debugger to the child.

pipe_timeout
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 60
  • Minimum: 0

Idle timeout for PIPE sessions. If nothing have been received in either direction for this many seconds, the session is closed.

pool_req
  • Default: 10,100,10

Parameters for per worker pool request memory pool. The three numbers are:

min_pool
minimum size of free pool.
max_pool
maximum size of free pool.
max_age
max age of free element.
pool_sess
  • Default: 10,100,10

Parameters for per worker pool session memory pool. The three numbers are:

min_pool
minimum size of free pool.
max_pool
maximum size of free pool.
max_age
max age of free element.
pool_vbc
  • Default: 10,100,10

Parameters for backend connection memory pool. The three numbers are:

min_pool
minimum size of free pool.
max_pool
maximum size of free pool.
max_age
max age of free element.
pool_vbo
  • Default: 10,100,10

Parameters for backend object fetch memory pool. The three numbers are:

min_pool
minimum size of free pool.
max_pool
maximum size of free pool.
max_age
max age of free element.
prefer_ipv6
  • Units: bool
  • Default: off

Prefer IPv6 address when connecting to backends which have both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

rush_exponent
  • Units: requests per request
  • Default: 3
  • Minimum: 2
  • Flags: experimental

How many parked request we start for each completed request on the object. NB: Even with the implict delay of delivery, this parameter controls an exponential increase in number of worker threads.

send_timeout
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 600
  • Minimum: 0
  • Flags: delayed

Send timeout for client connections. If the HTTP response hasn't been transmitted in this many seconds the session is closed. See setsockopt(2) under SO_SNDTIMEO for more information.

session_max
  • Units: sessions
  • Default: 100000
  • Minimum: 1000

Maximum number of sessions we will allocate from one pool before just dropping connections. This is mostly an anti-DoS measure, and setting it plenty high should not hurt, as long as you have the memory for it.

shm_reclen
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 255b
  • Minimum: 16b
  • Maximum: 65535b

Maximum number of bytes in SHM log record. Maximum is 65535 bytes.

shortlived
  • Units: s
  • Default: 10.000000
  • Minimum: 0.000000

Objects created with TTL shorter than this are always put in transient storage.

sigsegv_handler
  • Units: bool
  • Default: off
  • Flags: must_restart

Install a signal handler which tries to dump debug information on segmentation faults.

syslog_cli_traffic
  • Units: bool
  • Default: on

Log all CLI traffic to syslog(LOG_INFO).

tcp_keepalive_intvl
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 5
  • Minimum: 1
  • Maximum: 100
  • Flags: experimental

The number of seconds between TCP keep-alive probes. Note that this setting will only take effect when it is less thanthe system default.

tcp_keepalive_probes
  • Units: probes
  • Default: 5
  • Minimum: 1
  • Maximum: 100
  • Flags: experimental

The maximum number of TCP keep-alive probes to send before giving up and killing the connection if no response is obtained from the other end. Note that this setting will only take effect when it is less than the system default.

tcp_keepalive_time
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 600
  • Minimum: 1
  • Maximum: 7200
  • Flags: experimental

The number of seconds a connection needs to be idle before TCP begins sending out keep-alive probes. Note that this setting will only take effect when it is less than the system default.

thread_pool_add_delay
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 0.000000
  • Minimum: 0.000000
  • Flags: experimental

Wait at least this long after creating a thread.

Some (buggy) systems may need a short (sub-second) delay between creating threads. Set this to a few milliseconds if you see the 'threads_failed' counter grow too much.

Setting this too high results in insuffient worker threads.

thread_pool_destroy_delay
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 1.000000
  • Minimum: 0.010000
  • Flags: delayed, experimental

Wait this long after destroying a thread.

This controls the decay of thread pools when idle(-ish).

Minimum is 0.01 second.

thread_pool_fail_delay
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 0.200000
  • Minimum: 0.010000
  • Flags: experimental

Wait at least this long after a failed thread creation before trying to create another thread.

Failure to create a worker thread is often a sign that the end is near, because the process is running out of some resource. This delay tries to not rush the end on needlessly.

If thread creation failures are a problem, check that thread_pool_max is not too high.

It may also help to increase thread_pool_timeout and thread_pool_min, to reduce the rate at which treads are destroyed and later recreated.

thread_pool_max
  • Units: threads
  • Default: 5000
  • Minimum: 10
  • Flags: delayed

The maximum number of worker threads in each pool.

Do not set this higher than you have to, since excess worker threads soak up RAM and CPU and generally just get in the way of getting work done.

Minimum is 10 threads.

thread_pool_min
  • Units: threads
  • Default: 100
  • Minimum: 10
  • Flags: delayed

The minimum number of worker threads in each pool.

Increasing this may help ramp up faster from low load situations or when threads have expired.

Minimum is 10 threads.

thread_pool_stack
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 48k
  • Minimum: 2k
  • Flags: experimental

Worker thread stack size. This is likely rounded up to a multiple of 4k by the kernel. The kernel/OS has a lower limit which will be enforced.

thread_pool_timeout
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 300.000000
  • Minimum: 10.000000
  • Flags: delayed, experimental

Thread idle threshold.

Threads in excess of thread_pool_min, which have been idle for at least this long, will be destroyed.

Minimum is 10 seconds.

thread_pools
  • Units: pools
  • Default: 2
  • Minimum: 1
  • Flags: delayed, experimental

Number of worker thread pools.

Increasing number of worker pools decreases lock contention.

Too many pools waste CPU and RAM resources, and more than one pool for each CPU is probably detrimal to performance.

Can be increased on the fly, but decreases require a restart to take effect.

thread_queue_limit
  • Default: 20
  • Minimum: 0
  • Flags: experimental

Permitted queue length per thread-pool.

This sets the number of requests we will queue, waiting for an available thread. Above this limit sessions will be dropped instead of queued.

thread_stats_rate
  • Units: requests
  • Default: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Flags: experimental

Worker threads accumulate statistics, and dump these into the global stats counters if the lock is free when they finish a request. This parameters defines the maximum number of requests a worker thread may handle, before it is forced to dump its accumulated stats into the global counters.

timeout_idle
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 5.000000
  • Minimum: 0.000000

Idle timeout for client connections. A connection is considered idle, until we receive a non-white-space character on it.

timeout_linger
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 0.050000
  • Minimum: 0.000000
  • Flags: experimental

How long time the workerthread lingers on an idle session before handing it over to the waiter. When sessions are reused, as much as half of all reuses happen within the first 100 msec of the previous request completing. Setting this too high results in worker threads not doing anything for their keep, setting it too low just means that more sessions take a detour around the waiter.

timeout_req
  • Units: seconds
  • Default: 2.000000
  • Minimum: 0.000000

Max time to receive clients request header, measured from first non-white-space character to double CRNL.

user
  • Default: nobody (65534)
  • Flags: must_restart

The unprivileged user to run as.

vcc_allow_inline_c
  • Units: bool
  • Default: off

Allow inline C code in VCL.

vcc_err_unref
  • Units: bool
  • Default: on

Unreferenced VCL objects result in error.

vcc_unsafe_path
  • Units: bool
  • Default: on

Allow '/' in vmod & include paths. Allow 'import ... from ...'.

vcl_dir
  • Default: /opt/varnish/etc/varnish

Directory from which relative VCL filenames (vcl.load and include) are opened.

vmod_dir
  • Default: /opt/varnish/lib/varnish/vmods

Directory where VCL modules are to be found.

vsl_buffer
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 4k
  • Minimum: 1k

Bytes of (req-/backend-)workspace dedicated to buffering VSL records. At a bare minimum, this must be longer than the longest HTTP header to be logged. Setting this too high costs memory, setting it too low will cause more VSL flushes and likely increase lock-contention on the VSL mutex. Minimum is 1k bytes.

vsl_mask
  • Default: -VCL_trace,-WorkThread,-Hash

Mask individual VSL messages from being logged.

default
Set default value

Use +/- prefixe in front of VSL tag name, to mask/unmask individual VSL messages.

vsl_space
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 80M
  • Minimum: 1M
  • Flags: must_restart

The amount of space to allocate for the VSL fifo buffer in the VSM memory segment. If you make this too small, varnish{ncsa|log} etc will not be able to keep up. Making it too large just costs memory resources.

vsm_space
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 1M
  • Minimum: 1M
  • Flags: must_restart

The amount of space to allocate for stats counters in the VSM memory segment. If you make this too small, some counters will be invisible. Making it too large just costs memory resources.

waiter
  • Default: kqueue (possible values: kqueue, poll)
  • Flags: must_restart, wizard

Select the waiter kernel interface.

workspace_backend
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 64k
  • Minimum: 1k
  • Flags: delayed

Bytes of HTTP protocol workspace for backend HTTP req/resp. If larger than 4k, use a multiple of 4k for VM efficiency.

workspace_client
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 64k
  • Minimum: 3k
  • Flags: delayed

Bytes of HTTP protocol workspace for clients HTTP req/resp. If larger than 4k, use a multiple of 4k for VM efficiency.

workspace_thread
  • Units: bytes
  • Default: 2k
  • Minimum: 0.25k
  • Maximum: 8k
  • Flags: delayed

Bytes of auxillary workspace per thread. This workspace is used for certain temporary data structures during the operation of a worker thread. One use is for the io-vectors for writing requests and responses to sockets, having too little space will result in more writev(2) system calls, having too much just wastes the space.

SEE ALSO

  • varnish-cli(7)
  • varnishlog(1)
  • varnishhist(1)
  • varnishncsa(1)
  • varnishstat(1)
  • varnishtop(1)
  • vcl(7)

HISTORY

The varnishd daemon was developed by Poul-Henning Kamp in cooperation with Verdens Gang AS, Varnish Software AS and Varnish Software.

This manual page was written by Dag-Erling Smørgrav with updates by Stig Sandbeck Mathisen ⟨ssm@debian.org

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