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Usage: varnishd [options]
Basic options:
[-a [name=][listen_address # HTTP listen address, protocol, options.
[,PROTO|,option=value,...]] # Can be specified multiple times.
# default: ":80,HTTP"
options: # Proto can be "PROXY", "TLS" or "HTTP" (default)
[,user=<u>][,group=<g>] # user, group and mode set permissions for
[,mode=<m>] # a Unix domain socket.
-A cfgfile # Listen endpoint/TLS configuration file
-b none # No backend
-b [addr[:port]|path] # Backend address and port
# or socket file path
# default: ":80"
-f vclfile # VCL program
# Can be specified multiple times.
-n dir # Working directory
# default: /var/run/varnishd
-b can be used only once, and not together with -f
Documentation options:
-? # Prints this usage message
-x parameter # Parameter documentation in RST format
-x parameter-json # Parameter documentation in JSON format
-x vsl # VSL record documentation
-x cli # CLI command documentation
-x builtin # Builtin VCL program
-x optstring # List of getopt options
-x options # Dynamic options documentation
Operations options:
-F # Run in foreground
-T address[:port] # CLI address
# Can be specified multiple times.
-M address:port # Reverse CLI destination
# Can be specified multiple times.
-P file # PID file
-i identity # Identity of Varnish instance
-I clifile # Initialization CLI commands
-E extension # Load extension
Tuning options:
-t TTL # Default TTL
-p param=value # set parameter
# Can be specified multiple times.
-s [name=]kind[,options] # Storage specification
# Can be specified multiple times.
# -s default (=malloc)
# -s malloc
# -s file
-l vsl # Size of shared memory log
# vsl: space for VSL records [80m]
Security options:
-r param[,param...] # Set parameters read-only from CLI
# Can be specified multiple times.
-S secret-file # Secret file for CLI authentication
-j jail[,options] # Jail specification
# -j linux
# -j unix
# -j none
Advanced/Dev/Debug options:
-d # debug mode
# Stay in foreground, CLI on stdin.
-C # Output VCL code compiled to C language
-V # version
-h kind[,options] # Hash specification
-W waiter # Waiter implementation
Options (25)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-A cfgfile | # Listen endpoint/TLS configuration file | help |
-b none | # No backend | help |
-f vclfile | # VCL program # Can be specified multiple times. | help |
-n dir | # Working directory # default: /var/run/varnishd | help |
-? | # Prints this usage message | help |
-x parameter | # Parameter documentation in RST format | help |
-F | # Run in foreground | help |
-T address[:port | # CLI address # Can be specified multiple times. | help |
-M address:port | # Reverse CLI destination # Can be specified multiple times. | help |
-P file | # PID file | help |
-i identity | # Identity of Varnish instance | help |
-I clifile | # Initialization CLI commands | help |
-E extension | # Load extension | help |
-t TTL | # Default TTL | help |
-p param=value | # set parameter # Can be specified multiple times. | help |
-s name=]kind | # Storage specification # Can be specified multiple times. | help |
-l vsl | # Size of shared memory log # vsl: space for VSL records [80m] | help |
-r param | # Set parameters read-only from CLI # Can be specified multiple times. | help |
-S secret-file | # Secret file for CLI authentication | help |
-j jail | # Jail specification # -j linux # -j unix # -j none | help |
-d | # debug mode # Stay in foreground, CLI on stdin. | help |
-C | # Output VCL code compiled to C language | help |
-V | # version | help |
-h kind | # Hash specification | help |
-W waiter | # Waiter implementation | help |
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