Help on Varnish configuration problem on Centos 6.5

Per Buer perbu at varnish-software.com
Thu May 22 14:28:04 CEST 2014


Normally Varnish runs on port 80 for production environment so clients can
connect to the default HTTP port.

Apache is typically moved to port 8080 but it can of course be any port.


On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Joao Rios <jprr773 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Per Buer,
> I admit I am a newbie and this is my first attemp to install Varnish, and
> I need to read more about Varnish :)
>
> So Varnish need to be installed on a different port when apache is running
> on port 80, and normally what ports are used?
> Thank you
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Per Buer <perbu at varnish-software.com>wrote:
>
>> Varnish is not running. When it doesn't start you can check syslog. It
>> will probably say something like "can't bind to port".
>>
>> The reason is obvious (for me at least :-).
>>
>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:80 <http://0.0.0.0/>
>> 0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      7866/httpd
>>
>> You have apache running on port 80 so Varnish can't bind to the port.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Joao Rios <jprr773 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, if I :  # ps -ef | grep varnishd    ,
>>>
>>> I get this:
>>>
>>> root     13560 13314  0 14:18 pts/3    00:00:00 grep varnishd
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Joao Rios <jprr773 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi James,
>>>> Thank you so much for the reply.
>>>> I don't think Varnish is running on port 80.
>>>>
>>>> When I execute this: netstat -tulpn  , I get:
>>>>
>>>> Active Internet connections (only servers)
>>>> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign
>>>> Address             State       PID/Program name
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:3306                0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      30222/mysqld
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:587                 0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      18407/exim
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:110                 0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      18340/dovecot
>>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:783               0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      18599/spamd.pid --m
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:143                 0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      18340/dovecot
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2095                0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      1463/cpsrvd (SSL) -
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:80                  0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      7866/httpd
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2096                0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      1463/cpsrvd (SSL) -
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:465                 0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      18407/exim
>>>> tcp        0      0 37.61.236.139:49619         0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      13118/pure-ftpd (ID
>>>> tcp        0      0 37.61.235.212:53            0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      13054/named
>>>> tcp        0      0 37.61.236.139:53            0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      13054/named
>>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:53                0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      13054/named
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:21                  0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      13118/pure-ftpd (ID
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:47926               0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      4224/sshd
>>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:953               0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      13054/named
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:25                  0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      18407/exim
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:443                 0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      7866/httpd
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2077                0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      25872/cpdavd - acce
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2078                0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      25872/cpdavd - acce
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:993                 0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      18340/dovecot
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2082                0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      1463/cpsrvd (SSL) -
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:995                 0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      18340/dovecot
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2083                0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      1463/cpsrvd (SSL) -
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2086                0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      1463/cpsrvd (SSL) -
>>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:199               0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      4360/snmpd
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2087                0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      1463/cpsrvd (SSL) -
>>>> tcp        0      0 :::587
>>>> :::*                        LISTEN      18407/exim
>>>> tcp        0      0 :::80
>>>> :::*                        LISTEN      7866/httpd
>>>> tcp        0      0 :::465
>>>> :::*                        LISTEN      18407/exim
>>>> tcp        0      0 :::21
>>>> :::*                        LISTEN      13118/pure-ftpd (ID
>>>> tcp        0      0 :::47926
>>>> :::*                        LISTEN      4224/sshd
>>>> tcp        0      0 :::25
>>>> :::*                        LISTEN      18407/exim
>>>> tcp        0      0 :::443
>>>> :::*                        LISTEN      7866/httpd
>>>> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:161                 0.0.0.0:*
>>>> 4360/snmpd
>>>> udp        0      0 37.61.235.212:53            0.0.0.0:*
>>>> 13054/named
>>>> udp        0      0 37.61.236.139:53            0.0.0.0:*
>>>> 13054/named
>>>> udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:53                0.0.0.0:*
>>>> 13054/named
>>>> udp        0      0 37.61.235.212:123           0.0.0.0:*
>>>> 1130/ntpd
>>>> udp        0      0 37.61.236.139:123           0.0.0.0:*
>>>> 1130/ntpd
>>>> udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:123               0.0.0.0:*
>>>> 1130/ntpd
>>>> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:123                 0.0.0.0:*
>>>> 1130/ntpd
>>>> udp        0      0 fe80::216:3eff:fead:d8c:123
>>>> :::*                                    1130/ntpd
>>>> udp        0      0 ::1:123
>>>> :::*                                    1130/ntpd
>>>> udp        0      0 :::123
>>>> :::*                                    1130/ntpd
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Excerpts from Joao Rios's message of 2014-05-21 11:11:17 -0700:
>>>>> > I am trying to run Varnish 3.0.5 on Centos 6.5 with no sucess.
>>>>> > After installing the rpm and follow the installation procedures,
>>>>> > it seems the service fails to start:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > # service varnish restart
>>>>> > Stopping Varnish Cache:       [FAILED]
>>>>> > Starting Varnish Cache:       [  OK  ]
>>>>>
>>>>> No, that indicates that it didn't stop Varnish (probably because it
>>>>> wasn't
>>>>> running), but it *started* it successfully.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you verified that it is indeed not running (via ps, lsof, etc.)?
>>>>>  - P
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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