Varnish Cache + Login Problem

ayberk · August 2016

Hi,

Varnish Cache installed on Server. However, forum's login function is no more working. What we need to do?

Default.vcl settings:

/* SET THE HOST AND PORT OF WORDPRESS
* *********************************************************/
vcl 4.0;
import std;

backend default {
.host = "******";
.port = "8080";
.first_byte_timeout = 60s;
.connect_timeout = 300s;
}

SET THE ALLOWED IP OF PURGE REQUESTS

#

acl purge {
"localhost";
"127.0.0.1";
}

THE RECV FUNCTION

#

sub vcl_recv {

set realIP by trimming CloudFlare IP which will be used for various checks

set req.http.X-Actual-IP = regsub(req.http.X-Forwarded-For, "[, ].*$", "");

    # FORWARD THE IP OF THE REQUEST

if (req.restarts == 0) {
if (req.http.x-forwarded-for) {
set req.http.X-Forwarded-For =
req.http.X-Forwarded-For + ", " + client.ip;
} else {
set req.http.X-Forwarded-For = client.ip;
}
}

# Purge request check sections for hash_always_miss, purge and ban
# BLOCK IF NOT IP is not in purge acl
# ##########################################################

# Enable smart refreshing using hash_always_miss
if (req.http.Cache-Control ~ "no-cache") {
if (client.ip ~ purge || !std.ip(req.http.X-Actual-IP, "1.2.3.4") ~ purge) {
set req.hash_always_miss = true;
}
}

if (req.method == "PURGE") {
if (!client.ip ~ purge || !std.ip(req.http.X-Actual-IP, "1.2.3.4") ~ purge) {
return(synth(405,"Not allowed."));
}
return (purge);

}
if (req.method == "BAN") {
# Same ACL check as above:
if (!client.ip ~ purge || !std.ip(req.http.X-Actual-IP, "1.2.3.4") ~ purge) {
return(synth(403, "Not allowed."));
}
ban("req.http.host == " + req.http.host +
" && req.url == " + req.url);

    # Throw a synthetic page so the
    # request won't go to the backend.
    return(synth(200, "Ban added"));

}

Unset cloudflare cookies

Remove has_js and CloudFlare/Google Analytics __* cookies.

  set req.http.Cookie = regsuball(req.http.Cookie, "(^|;\s*)(_[_a-z]+|has_js)=[^;]*", "");
  # Remove a ";" prefix, if present.
 set req.http.Cookie = regsub(req.http.Cookie, "^;\s*", "");

# For Testing: If you want to test with Varnish passing (not caching) uncomment
# return( pass );

# FORWARD THE IP OF THE REQUEST
if (req.restarts == 0) {
if (req.http.x-forwarded-for) {
set req.http.X-Forwarded-For =
req.http.X-Forwarded-For + ", " + client.ip;
} else {
set req.http.X-Forwarded-For = client.ip;
}
}

DO NOT CACHE RSS FEED

if (req.url ~ "/feed(/)?") {
return ( pass );
}

Do not cache search results, comment these 3 lines if you do want to cache them

if (req.url ~ "/\?s\=") {
return ( pass );
}

CLEAN UP THE ENCODING HEADER.

# SET TO GZIP, DEFLATE, OR REMOVE ENTIRELY. WITH VARY ACCEPT-ENCODING
# VARNISH WILL CREATE SEPARATE CACHES FOR EACH
# DO NOT ACCEPT-ENCODING IMAGES, ZIPPED FILES, AUDIO, ETC.
# ##########################################################
if (req.http.Accept-Encoding) {
if (req.url ~ ".(jpg|png|gif|gz|tgz|bz2|tbz|mp3|ogg)$") {
# No point in compressing these
unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
} elsif (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "gzip") {
set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "gzip";
} elsif (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "deflate") {
set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "deflate";
} else {
# unknown algorithm
unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
}
}

# PIPE ALL NON-STANDARD REQUESTS
# ##########################################################
if (req.method != "GET" &&
req.method != "HEAD" &&
req.method != "PUT" &&
req.method != "POST" &&
req.method != "TRACE" &&
req.method != "OPTIONS" &&
req.method != "DELETE") {
return (pipe);
}

# ONLY CACHE GET AND HEAD REQUESTS
# ##########################################################
if (req.method != "GET" && req.method != "HEAD") {
return (pass);
}

# OPTIONAL: DO NOT CACHE LOGGED IN USERS (THIS OCCURS IN FETCH TOO, EITHER
# COMMENT OR UNCOMMENT BOTH
# ##########################################################
if ( req.http.cookie ~ "wordpress_logged_in" ) {
return( pass );
}

# IF THE REQUEST IS NOT FOR A PREVIEW, WP-ADMIN OR WP-LOGIN
# THEN UNSET THE COOKIES
# ##########################################################
if (!(req.url ~ "wp-(login|admin)")
&& !(req.url ~ "&preview=true" )
){
unset req.http.cookie;
}

# IF BASIC AUTH IS ON THEN DO NOT CACHE
# ##########################################################
if (req.http.Authorization || req.http.Cookie) {
return (pass);
}

# IF YOU GET HERE THEN THIS REQUEST SHOULD BE CACHED
# ##########################################################
return (hash);
# This is for phpmyadmin
if (req.http.Host == "ki1.org") {
return (pass);
}

if (req.http.Host == "mysql.ki1.org") {
return (pass);
}

}

HIT FUNCTION

#

sub vcl_hit {
# IF THIS IS A PURGE REQUEST THEN DO THE PURGE
# ##########################################################
if (req.method == "PURGE") {
#
# This is now handled in vcl_recv.
#
# purge;
return (synth(200, "Purged."));
}
return (deliver);
}

MISS FUNCTION

#

sub vcl_miss {
if (req.method == "PURGE") {
#
# This is now handled in vcl_recv.
#
# purge;
return (synth(200, "Purged."));
}
return (fetch);
}

FETCH FUNCTION

#

sub vcl_backend_response {
# I SET THE VARY TO ACCEPT-ENCODING, THIS OVERRIDES W3TC
# TENDANCY TO SET VARY USER-AGENT. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT WANT
# TO DO THIS
# ##########################################################
set beresp.http.Vary = "Accept-Encoding";

# IF NOT WP-ADMIN THEN UNSET COOKIES AND SET THE AMOUNT OF
# TIME THIS PAGE WILL STAY CACHED (TTL)
# ##########################################################
if (!(bereq.url ~ "wp-(login|admin)") && !bereq.http.cookie ~ "wordpress_logged_in" ) {
unset beresp.http.set-cookie;
set beresp.ttl = 52w;

set beresp.grace =1w;

}

if (beresp.ttl <= 0s ||
beresp.http.Set-Cookie ||
beresp.http.Vary == "*") {
set beresp.ttl = 120 s;
# set beresp.ttl = 120s;
set beresp.uncacheable = true;
return (deliver);
}

return (deliver);
}

DELIVER FUNCTION

#

sub vcl_deliver {
# IF THIS PAGE IS ALREADY CACHED THEN RETURN A 'HIT' TEXT
# IN THE HEADER (GREAT FOR DEBUGGING)
# ##########################################################
if (obj.hits > 0) {
set resp.http.X-Cache = "HIT";
# IF THIS IS A MISS RETURN THAT IN THE HEADER
# ##########################################################
} else {
set resp.http.X-Cache = "MISS";
}
}

R_J · August 2016

Maybe this is helpful for you: https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/21044/vanilla-and-varnish-cache-some-lessons-learned