varnish and wordpress

Miguel González miguel_3_gonzalez at yahoo.es
Thu Jan 26 22:22:48 CET 2017


thanks for answering so quickly.

I have found some people mentioning the public setting for cache_limiter
here:

http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/enfold-seems-to-add-cache-disabling-headers/

There are purging plugins as varnish-http-purge which (supposedly)
purges Varnish cache when new content is created. I have found myself
having to manually ban content with varnishadm because it doesn´t always
work.

I have tested from a different machine with curl and currently it seems
expiration is set to one month. I guess from this setting in .htaccess:

ExpiresByType text/html "access 1 month"

curl -I -H 'Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate' https://www.mysite.com/
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 04:50:03 GMT
Server: Apache
X-Pingback: https://www.mysite.com/xmlrpc.php
Link: <https://www.mysite.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/",
<https://www.mysite.com/>; rel=shortlink
Cache-Control: max-age=2592000
Expires: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 04:50:03 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Encoding: gzip
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Age: 59348
X-Cache: cached
Accept-Ranges: bytes

Thanks!

Miguel


On 01/26/17 10:10 PM, Carlos Fernandez wrote:
> I don't know about recommended settings, that decision should come from
> a discussion with the content editors since they might have some
> expectation about how quickly new content gets published -- the
> workaround to that would be to have WordPress automatically purge the
> objects in Varnish, but I have not yet seen an easy solution for that
> and I have no intention or responsibility for coding that myself. I have
> session.cache_limiter set to "public" and session.cache_expires to 1440
> minutes (1 day) -- the latter affects the value of the Expires header
> and thus the TTL of the cached objects in Varnish, so you may want to
> adjust that according to your needs.
> 
> Enhorabuena.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Miguel González
> <miguel_3_gonzalez at yahoo.es <mailto:miguel_3_gonzalez at yahoo.es>> wrote:
> 
>     It does indeed! What are the recommended settings?
> 
> 
>     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>
>     <mailto: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/>
>     >     <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>
>     >     <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>
>     >     <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
>     >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> --
> 
> Carlos M. Fernández
> 
> Enterprise Systems Manager
> 
> *Saint Joseph’s University*
> 
> Philadelphia PA 19131
> 
> T: +1 610 660 1501
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