Varnish Cache is a tool that helps to cache web pages for quicker loading of web pages.

Here we will cover how to install Varnish Cache on CentOS 6/7.

Step 1: Add EPEL

CentOS 6

rpm -ivh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

CentOS 7

rpm -iUvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm

Step 2: Download Varnish Cache

CentOS 6

rpm --nosignature -i https://repo.varnish-cache.org/redhat/varnish-4.1.el6.rpm

CentOS 7

rpm --nosignature -i https://repo.varnish-cache.org/redhat/varnish-4.1.el7.rpm

Step 3: Install Varnish Cache

CentOS 6/7

yum install varnish -y

Step 4: Start Varnish Cache

CentOS 6

sudo service varnish start

CentOS 7

systemctl start varnish

Step 5: Set Varnish Cache to run on boot

CentOS 6

chkconfig --level 345 varnish on

CentOS 7

system enable varnish

 

That’s it! It’s that simple to setup Varnish Cache.

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