<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>We have "another layer" on top of ec2 so it is a little more complicated to explain but the -n option does sound useful. Thanks. </div>
<div><br>On Mar 14, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Stephen Wood <<a href="mailto:smwood4@gmail.com">smwood4@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">That's possible, but EC2 instances should only change their hostnames after a physical reboot or after being shut-off and turned on. This has been my experience at least.<div>
<div><br></div><div>I believe the default work dir for varnishd is /var/lib/varnish/<hostname>, so if you have a changing hostname that could potentially cause issues. I'm not sure how that would affect varnishncsa and varnishlog.</div>
<div><br></div><div>You can hard-code this directory using the <font face="courier new, monospace">-n</font> option when starting varnishd.</div></div></div>
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