Introduction

Overview

Varnish is a high-performance and open-source reverse proxy server and HTTP accelerator. Compared with traditional cache servers, Varnish has higher performance, faster speed, and easier management. Many large websites use Varnish to replace Squid, contributing to the rapid development of Varnish.

Programming language: C++

One-sentence description: reverse proxy server and HTTP accelerator

Recommended Version

Varnish 6.2.0 and Varnish 6.5.1

Table 1 describes the OSs supported by Varnish.

This document applies to Varnish 6.2.0 and Varnish 6.5.1. It can also be a reference for porting other Varnish versions.