Installing Varnish on Ubuntu Hardy
This is a quick and dirty rundown on how to install Varnish 2.1.x on Ubuntu Hardy (8.04 LTS).
Get sources setup
Add the repository to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://repo.varnish-cache.org/ubuntu/ hardy Varnish-2.1
Import the key for the new repository:
gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 60E7C096C4DEFFEB gpg --armor --export 60E7C096C4DEFFEB | apt-key add -
Installation
Update sources list and install varnish:
apt-get update apt-get install varnish
Files of importance:
/etc/default/varnish /etc/varnish/default.vcl /etc/init.d/varnish
Double-check:
root@server:~# varnishd -V varnishd (varnish-2.1.2 SVN ) Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Linpro AS / Verdens Gang AS
Further reading
I recommend a mix of the following websites/links:
- Varnish 2.1 documentation
- Wiki with lots of tutorials and examples
- Team Soundcloud's varnishtop (code on Github)
Fin
That's all!