varnish and wordpress

Miguel González miguel_3_gonzalez at yahoo.es
Thu Jan 26 21:57:03 CET 2017


What is the relation of this setting with Varnish? I´m not finding any
information about this setting and Varnish.

Thanks!

Miguel


On 01/26/17 9:22 PM, Carlos Fernandez wrote:
> That VCL looks similar to what we use. What does the
> "session.cache_limiter" setting in your php.ini file say? If it's set to
> "nocache" (the default), then PHP will always respond with an Expires
> header set in the past so that Varnish will not cache it.
> 
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Miguel González
> <miguel_3_gonzalez at yahoo.es <mailto:miguel_3_gonzalez at yahoo.es>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear all,
> 
>       Probably since I´m a newbie I assume a cache system makes a "static"
>     copy of a web and serve it to the browser. I have several Wordpress
>     sites, same backend and speed load differs quite much (from 1 second to
>     6 seconds). Obviously size matters but shouldn´t load all items (CSS,
>     JS, images) almost at the same time? Webpagetest shows it´s not the
>     case.
> 
>       I have tried to use together with Varnish other plugin caches as W3
>     Total Cache but the performance is even worse.
> 
>       Maybe my assumptions are wrong or my VCL is wrong.
> 
>       I have 4.1 as was suggested by someone from the list.
> 
>      Thanks!
> 
>      Miguel
> 
>     my default.vcl:
> 
>     #
>     # This is an example VCL file for Varnish.
>     #
>     # It does not do anything by default, delegating control to the
>     # builtin VCL. The builtin VCL is called when there is no explicit
>     # return statement.
>     #
>     # See the VCL chapters in the Users Guide at
>     https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/
>     <https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/>
>     # and http://varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/VCLExamples
>     <http://varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/VCLExamples> for more examples.
> 
>     # Marker to tell the VCL compiler that this VCL has been adapted to the
>     # new 4.0 format.
>     vcl 4.0;
> 
>     import std;
> 
>     # Default backend definition. Set this to point to your content server.
>     backend default {
>         .host = "127.0.0.1";
>         .port = "82";
>         .connect_timeout = 600s;
>         .first_byte_timeout = 600s;
>         .between_bytes_timeout = 600s;
> 
> 
>     }
> 
>     acl purge {
>             "localhost";
>             "127.0.0.1";
>     }
> 
> 
>     # This function is used when a request is send by a HTTP client
>     (Browser)
>     sub vcl_recv {
> 
>             # remove ?ver=xxxxx strings from urls so css and js files are
>     cached.
>             # Watch out when upgrading WordPress, need to restart Varnish or
>     flush cache.
>             set req.url = regsub(req.url, "\?ver=.*$", "");
> 
>             # Remove "replytocom" from requests to make caching better.
>             set req.url = regsub(req.url, "\?replytocom=.*$", "");
> 
>             #We pass real IP and Port to the backend
> 
>             if (req.http.X-Forwarded-Proto == "https" ) {
>                set req.http.X-Port = "443";
>             } else {
>                set req.http.X-Port = "80";
>             }
> 
>             set req.http.X-Forwarded-For = regsub(req.http.X-Forwarded-For,
>     "^([^,]+),?.*$", "\1");
> 
> 
>             # Normalize the header, remove the port (in case you're testing
>     this on various TCP ports)
> 
>             set req.http.Host = regsub(req.http.Host, ":[0-9]+", "");
> 
>             # Remove has_js and CloudFlare/Google Analytics __* cookies.
>             set req.http.Cookie = regsuball(req.http.Cookie,
>     "(^|;\s*)(_[_a-z]+|has_js)=[^;]*", "");
>             # Remove a ";" prefix, if present.
>             set req.http.Cookie = regsub(req.http.Cookie, "^;\s*", "");
> 
> 
>             # Allow purging from ACL
>             if (req.method == "PURGE") {
>                     # If not allowed then a error 405 is returned
>                     if (!client.ip ~ purge) {
>                             return(synth(405, "This IP is not allowed to
>     send PURGE requests."));
>                     }
>                     # If allowed, do a cache_lookup -> vlc_hit() or
>     vlc_miss()
>                     return (purge);
>             }
> 
>             # Post requests will not be cached
>             #if (req.http.Authorization || req.method == "POST") {
>             #       return (pass);
>             #}
> 
>             # Pass anything other than GET and HEAD directly.
>             if (req.method != "GET" && req.method != "HEAD") {
>                     return( pass );
>             }      /* We only deal with GET and HEAD by default */
> 
> 
>             #Woocommerce don't cache :
>             if (req.url ~
>     "^/(cart|my-account/*|checkout|addons|logout|lost-password|product/*)")
>     {
>               return (pass);
>             }
> 
>             #Woocommerce add to cart pass :
>             if (req.url ~ "\?add-to-cart=" ) {
>               return (pass);
>             }
>             if (req.url ~ "/wp-cron.php" || req.url ~ "preview=true") {
>               return (pass);
>             }
> 
>             # Woocommerce
>             if (req.url ~ "(cart|my-account|checkout|addons)") {
>               return (pass);
>             }
>             if ( req.url ~ "\?add-to-cart=" ) {
>               return (pass);
>             }
> 
> 
>             # --- WordPress specific configuration
>             # Did not cache the admin and login pages
>             if (req.url ~
>     "nocache|cart|my-account|checkout|addons|tienda|mi-cuenta|carro|producto/*|login|wp-admin|wp-(comments-post|login|signup|activate|mail|cron)\.php|preview\=true|admin-ajax\.php|xmlrpc\.php|bb-admin|whm-server-status|server-status|control\.php|bb-login\.php|bb-reset-password\.php|register\.php")
>     {
>                 return (pass);
>             }
> 
>             if (req.url ~ "(ajax|dynamic|custom)") {
>                  return(pass);
>             }
> 
>             # Remove the "has_js" cookie
>             set req.http.Cookie = regsuball(req.http.Cookie, "has_js=[^;]+(;
>     )?", "");
> 
>             # Remove any Google Analytics based cookies
>             set req.http.Cookie = regsuball(req.http.Cookie, "__utm.=[^;]+(;
>     )?", "");
> 
>             # Remove the Quant Capital cookies (added by some plugin,
>     all __qca)
>             set req.http.Cookie = regsuball(req.http.Cookie, "__qc.=[^;]+(;
>     )?", "");
> 
>             # Remove the wp-settings-1 cookie
>             set req.http.Cookie = regsuball(req.http.Cookie,
>     "wp-settings-1=[^;]+(; )?", "");
> 
>             # Remove the wp-settings-time-1 cookie
>             set req.http.Cookie = regsuball(req.http.Cookie,
>     "wp-settings-time-1=[^;]+(; )?", "");
> 
>             # Remove the wp test cookie
>             set req.http.Cookie = regsuball(req.http.Cookie,
>     "wordpress_test_cookie=[^;]+(; )?", "");
> 
>             # Are there cookies left with only spaces or that are empty?
>             if (req.http.cookie ~ "^ *$") {
>                         unset req.http.cookie;
>             }
> 
>             # Cache the following files extensions
>             if (req.url ~ "\.(txt|css|js|png|gif|jp(e)?g|swf|ico)") {
>                     unset req.http.cookie;
>             }
> 
>             # Normalize Accept-Encoding header and compression
>             # https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/3.0/tutorial/vary.html
>     <https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/3.0/tutorial/vary.html>
>             if (req.http.Accept-Encoding) {
>                     # Do no compress compressed files...
>                     if (req.url ~
>     "\.(jpg|png|gif|gz|tgz|bz2|tbz|mp3|ogg)$") {
>                                     unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
>                     } elsif (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "gzip") {
>                             set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "gzip";
>                     } elsif (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "deflate") {
>                             set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "deflate";
>                     } else {
>                             unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
>                     }
>             }
> 
>             # Check the cookies for wordpress-specific items
>             if (req.http.Cookie ~ "wordpress_" || req.http.Cookie ~
>     "comment_") {
>                     return (pass);
>             }
>             if (!req.http.cookie) {
>                     unset req.http.cookie;
>             }
> 
>             # --- End of WordPress specific configuration
> 
>             # Did not cache HTTP authentication and HTTP Cookie
>             if (req.http.Authorization || req.http.Cookie) {
>                     # Not cacheable by default
>                     return (pass);
>             }
> 
>             # Cache all others requests
>             return (hash);
>     }
> 
>     sub vcl_pipe {
>             return (pipe);
>     }
> 
>     sub vcl_pass {
>             return (fetch);
>     }
> 
>     # The data on which the hashing will take place
>     sub vcl_hash {
>             hash_data(req.url);
>             if (req.http.host) {
>             hash_data(req.http.host);
>             } else {
>             hash_data(server.ip);
>             }
> 
>             # If the client supports compression, keep that in a
>     different cache
>             if (req.http.Accept-Encoding) {
>                     hash_data(req.http.Accept-Encoding);
>             }
> 
>             return (lookup);
>     }
> 
>     # This function is used when a request is sent by our backend (Nginx
>     server)
>     sub vcl_backend_response {
>             # Remove some headers we never want to see
>             unset beresp.http.Server;
>             unset beresp.http.X-Powered-By;
> 
>             if (beresp.http.content-type ~
>     "(text|javascript|application/x-font-woff)") {
>               set beresp.do_gzip = true;
>             }
> 
>             # For static content strip all backend cookies
>             if (bereq.url ~ "\.(css|js|png|gif|jp(e?)g)|swf|ico") {
>                     unset beresp.http.cookie;
>             }
>             # Don't store backend
>             if (bereq.url ~ "wp-(login|admin)" || bereq.url ~
>     "preview=true") {
>                     set beresp.uncacheable = true;
>                     set beresp.ttl = 30s;
>                     return (deliver);
>             }
> 
>             # Only allow cookies to be set if we're in admin area
>                     if (!(bereq.url ~
>     "(wp-login|cart|my-account|checkout|addons|tienda|mi-cuenta|carro|producto/*|login|wp-admin|preview=true)"))
>     {
>                     unset beresp.http.set-cookie;
>             }
> 
>             # don't cache response to posted requests or those with
>     basic auth
>             if ( bereq.method == "POST" || bereq.http.Authorization ) {
>                     set beresp.uncacheable = true;
>                     set beresp.ttl = 120s;
>                     return (deliver);
>             }
> 
>             # don't cache search results
>             if ( bereq.url ~ "\?s=" ){
>                     set beresp.uncacheable = true;
>                     set beresp.ttl = 120s;
>                     return (deliver);
>             }
> 
>             # only cache status ok
>             if ( beresp.status != 200 ) {
>                     set beresp.uncacheable = true;
>                     set beresp.ttl = 120s;
>                     return (deliver);
>             }
> 
>             # A TTL of 24h
>             set beresp.ttl = 24h;
>             # Define the default grace period to serve cached content
>             #set beresp.grace = 30s;
>             set beresp.grace = 1h;
> 
>             return (deliver);
>     }
> 
>     # The routine when we deliver the HTTP request to the user
>     # Last chance to modify headers that are sent to the client
>     sub vcl_deliver {
>             if (obj.hits > 0) {
>                     set resp.http.X-Cache = "cached";
>             } else {
>                     set resp.http.x-Cache = "uncached";
>             }
> 
>             # Remove some headers: PHP version
>             unset resp.http.X-Powered-By;
> 
>             # Remove some headers: Apache version & OS
>             unset resp.http.Server;
> 
>             # Remove some heanders: Varnish
>             unset resp.http.Via;
>             unset resp.http.X-Varnish;
> 
>             return (deliver);
>     }
> 
>     sub vcl_init {
>             return (ok);
>     }
> 
>     sub vcl_fini {
>             return (ok);
>     }
> 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> --
> 
> Carlos M. Fernández
> 
> Enterprise Systems Manager
> 
> *Saint Joseph’s University*
> 
> Philadelphia PA 19131
> 
> T: +1 610 660 1501
> 




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