cli bans

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <AM6PR01MB4279CC64CEDED17494222A8AA0A50 at AM6PR01MB4279.eurprd01.prod.
exchangelabs.com>, eric.m.vandenhout at kpn.com writes:

> Just a smal question. Is it possible to temporarily send  a specific http
>  errorcode back (e.g. http 429) to an  ip from varnish using the commandline
> client (or by any other means) without restarting varnish?


Yes.

Add the necessary code to your VCL, switch to the new VCL.  This is
an instant operation which does not affect your cache content.

Something like:

	vi/emacs/ed  whatever_your.vcl

	then

	varnishadm vcl.load somename /full/path/to/whatever_your.vcl

	varnishadm vcl.use somename


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