Course Outline
Introduction
- Varnish vs Nginx vs other solutions
Overview of caching and proxy servers
Installing and configuring Varnish
Using the Varnish Administration Console (VAC)
Handling HTTP connections with Varnish
Working with the Varnish Configuration Language (VCL)
Invalidating the Varnish cache
Understanding the lifetime of cached objects
Dealing with Backends
Optimizing connections
Logging, measuring and debugging Varnish
Integrating Varnish with other infrastructure and services
Closing remarks
Requirements
- Knowledge of the Linux command line (shell)
- Understanding of HTTP and networking
Testimonials (5)
Lots of exercises and help with problems.
Celina - Centrum Informatyki Resortu Finansow
Course - Apache Web Server Administration
Depth of knowledge of the trainer
Grant Miller - BMW
Course - Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) - exam preparation
The trainer was very knowledgeable and was able to answer most questions that were somewhat outside of the scope of what we needed to cover. He was dynamic, funny and polite.
Pascal Durocher - City of Montreal
Course - HTTP fundamentals and Nginx web server
I really liked the rapport and connection that the trainer was able to achieve with the class. And that, on the fly, he was able to shape the class into the things we needed.
Fredrik Lindlof - Svenska Spel AB
Course - HAProxy Administration
It was a compact and well delivered one.
