Ansible Role: Varnish Cache

This Ansible role installs Varnish Cache versions 4, 5, or 6 on RHEL / CentOS 8 and 7. It can be used for both single-instance and multi-instance setups, where you can have multiple named Varnish services on the same server. For more details on available versions, check out https://packagecloud.io/varnishcache/.

By default, this role sets up a VCL (Varnish Configuration Language) file designed for Magento 2. However, you can use a different VCL template by setting the varnish_vcl_template variable to your template's path. Additionally, other tuning parameters for Varnish are pre-configured to better support the Magento 2 application.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

You can find a list of variables to customize the service in defaults/main.yml.

Example Usage

• For a single Varnish instance:

    - { role: davidalger.varnish, tags: varnish }
  

• For multiple Varnish instances. In this case, the varnish service is disabled, and two services, varnish-site1 and varnish-site2, are set up:

    - { role: davidalger.varnish, tags: varnish, varnish_instance: { name: site1, port: 6081, admin_port: 6082 }}
    - { role: davidalger.varnish, tags: varnish, varnish_instance: { name: site2, port: 6091, admin_port: 6092 }}
  

License

This work is licensed under the MIT license. Check the LICENSE file for more information.

Author Information

This role was created by David Alger in 2017.