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# Vinyl Cache

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Vinyl Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy. You install it in front of any HTTP server and configure it to cache the contents. Historically, the software was named Varnish Cache: However, trademark disputes resulted in the open-source project to be renamed to Vinyl Cache while the commercial product retains the Varnish Cache label.

## Installation

Install the vinyl-cache package.

## Customizing

By default, Vinyl Cache comes configured in `/etc/vinyl-cache/default.vcl` to use `localhost:8080` as the only backend, `default.vcl` is called by the default `vinyl-cache.service` file.

You can enable the unit as-is, or override the defaults by editing it.

    [Service]
    ExecStart=
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/vinyld -j unix,user=nobody -F -a :6081 -T localhost:6082 -f /etc/vinyl-cache/default.vcl -S /etc/vinyl-cache/secret -s malloc,1G

Also, if you change the configuration file `/etc/vinyl-cache/default.vcl` you will need to reload `vinyl-cache.service`:

### Manual VCL load

If the previous VCL configuration reload failed, try loading the VCL file manually:

1. Connect to the Vinyl Cache console:

       $ vinyladm -T localhost:6082

2. Load the default VCL. Make sure it has at least one backend:

       vinyl> vcl.load default /etc/vinyl-cache/default.vcl

3. Make it active:

       vinyl> vcl.use default

4. Start the child proccess (optional):

       vinyl> start

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