Varnish - set backend if statuscode is 404

[Per Buer]

Hi Tobias.

Check the status in vcl_fetch. If it is then enable saint mode and call
restart. Make sure saintmode_threshold is 0 so it wont disable a backend
based on the number of 404s.


Per.


On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Tobias Honacker <t.honacker at googlemail.com
> wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> i’ve got one problem and don’t know how to solve this problem.
> I have to use another backend if the req.url matches AND HTTP Status is
> 404.
>
> sub vcl_recv {
> if (req.url ~ „^/path/to/images") {
>  set req.backend = p1_backend;
>  set req.http.host = "www.mysite.de“;
>  }
>
> How to solve the 404 Status?
>
>
> varnishd -V
> varnishd (varnish-3.0.2 revision 55e70a4)
> Copyright (c) 2006 Verdens Gang AS
> Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Varnish Software AS
>
>
> Thanks for any information.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tobias
>
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