Web - Varnish Cheat Sheet

Helpful commands about Varnish Cache:

Varnish > V3

Look at an incoming client request of a specific URL:

varnishlog -c -m RxURL:"post/123.htm"

Look at a a backend request of a specific URL:

varnishlog -b -m TxURL:"post/123.htm"

See requests for one specific hostname:

varnishlog -c -m RxHeader:"Host: yauuu.me"

See the age of the cache objects for a specific hostname:

varnishlog -c -m RxHeader:"Host: yauuu.me" | grep Age

Varnish < V3

Look at an incoming client request of a specific URL:

varnishlog -c -o RxURL post/123.htm

Look at a backend request of a specific URL:

varnishlog -b -o TxURL post/123.htm

See requests for one specific hostname:

varnishlog -c -o RxHeader "Host: yauuu.me"

See the age of the cache objects for a specific hostname:

varnishlog -c -o RxHeader "Host: yauuu.me" | grep Age