Issues restricting HTTP purges based on an ACL

[Andrew Langhorn]

The VCC compiler doesn't like that syntax, I'm afraid, Per.


Message from VCC-compiler:
Invalid condition '!~' on IP number variable
  only '==', '!=' and '~' are legal
(input Line 121 Pos 21)
      if (client.ip !~ purge) {
--------------------##---------
Running VCC-compiler failed, exit 1VCL compilation failed



On 26 February 2014 15:39, Andrew Langhorn <
andrew.langhorn at digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk> wrote:

> Thanks Per. I'll give that a go.
> I was using a tutorial at
> https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/2.1/tutorial/purging.html - maybe that
> needs to be updated if it's wrong?
>
> I'll let you all know how I get on.
>
>
> On 26 February 2014 15:33, Per Buer <perbu at varnish-software.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I see quite a lot of answers but for some reason noone has noticed the
>> obvious error here. :-)
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Andrew Langhorn <
>> andrew.langhorn at digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>  The section that Varnish seems to trip up on is:
>>>
>>>   if (req.request == "PURGE" ) {
>>>      if (!client.ip ~ purge) {
>>>         error 403 "Forbidden";
>>>      }
>>>      return (lookup);
>>>   }
>>>
>>
>> What I'm guessing you are trying to say is
>>  if (client.ip !~ purge) {
>>         error 403 "Forbidden";
>>  }
>>
>> "!client.ip" doesn't make sense in my book as client.ip isn't boolean.
>>
>>
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>
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>
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