Trying to install varnish on cpanel+cloudlinux VPS but can't start the software. varnish.service has failed.
$varnishd -V varnishd
(varnish-6.0.8 revision 97e54ada6ac578af332e52b44d2038bb4fa4cd4a) Copyright (c) 2006 Verdens Gang AS Copyright (c) 2006-2020 Varnish Software AS
try to start varnish...
$systemctl start varnish
Job for varnish.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status varnish.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
my apache is listed on port 8080...
$netstat -pnltu
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:587 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 656/exim
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:11211 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1272/memcached
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:110 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1275/dovecot
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2095 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 337953/cpsrvd
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:783 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1499/perl
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1275/dovecot
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8080 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 830454/httpd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2096 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 337953/cpsrvd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:465 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 656/exim
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1290/pdns_server
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1276/pure-ftpd (SER
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 656/exim
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:953 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1290/pdns_server
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:443 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 830454/httpd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:38908 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1225059/checkstatus
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2077 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2364/cpdavd - accep
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2078 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2364/cpdavd - accep
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2079 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2364/cpdavd - accep
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2080 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2364/cpdavd - accep
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:993 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1275/dovecot
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2082 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 337953/cpsrvd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2083 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 337953/cpsrvd
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:579 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1939/cPhulkd - proc
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:995 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1275/dovecot
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2086 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 337953/cpsrvd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:36454 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 5439/sshd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2087 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 337953/cpsrvd
tcp6 0 0 :::3306 :::* LISTEN 1215674/mysqld
tcp6 0 0 :::587 :::* LISTEN 656/exim
tcp6 0 0 :::465 :::* LISTEN 656/exim
tcp6 0 0 :::53 :::* LISTEN 1290/pdns_server
tcp6 0 0 :::21 :::* LISTEN 1276/pure-ftpd (SER
tcp6 0 0 :::4949 :::* LISTEN 749/perl
tcp6 0 0 :::25 :::* LISTEN 656/exim
tcp6 0 0 :::36454 :::* LISTEN 5439/sshd
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:53 0.0.0.0:* 1290/pdns_server
udp 0 0 127.0.0.1:323 0.0.0.0:* 571/chronyd
udp 0 0 127.0.0.1:11211 0.0.0.0:* 1272/memcached
udp6 0 0 :::53 :::* 1290/pdns_server
udp6 0 0 ::1:323 :::* 571/chronyd
mY Varnish status...
$systemctl status varnish.service
varnish.service - Varnish Cache, a high-performance HTTP accelerator Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/varnish.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2021-10-08 08:32:43 IDT; 5min ago Process: 1498287 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -a :80 -a localhost:8443,PROXY -p feature=+http2 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -s malloc,256m (code=exited, status=255)
and My /etc/varnish/default.vcl file...
$cat /etc/varnish/default.vcl
backend default { .host = "127.0.0.1"; .port = "8080";}
$journalctl -xe
Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. varnishd[1765617]: Update your VCL to Version 4 Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. varnishd[1765617]: vcl 4.1; Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. varnishd[1765617]: on the first line of the VCL Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. varnishd[1765617]: ('/etc/varnish/default.vcl' Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. varnishd[1765617]: backend default { Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. varnishd[1765617]: #######---------- Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. varnishd[1765617]: Running VCC-compiler failed, Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. varnishd[1765617]: VCL compilation failed Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. systemd[1]: varnish.service: control process ex Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. systemd[1]: Failed to start Varnish Cache, a hi Subject: Unit varnish.service has failed Defined-By: systemd Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel Unit varnish.service has failed. The result is failed. Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. systemd[1]: Unit varnish.service entered failed Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. systemd[1]: varnish.service failed. Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. polkitd[533]: Unregistered Authentication Agent Oct 11 18:54:24 server1. dovecot[506582]: lmtp(1764533): Connect from lo Oct 11 18:54:24 server1. dovecot[506582]: lmtp(develop@wordwpressplugins Oct 11 18:54:24 server1. dovecot[506582]: lmtp(1764533): Disconnect from
Thank u
The following error message stands out:
Oct 11 18:54:19 server1. varnishd[1765617]: Update your VCL to Version 4
It refers to the fact that you didn't specify a VCL version in your VCL file.
However, when it test it with an AWS instance that runs https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-ptcusqlqcvvki?sr=0-2&ref_=beagle&applicationId=AWSMPContessa, I get the following error:
Oct 12 08:06:33 varnishd[44646]: Error:
Oct 12 08:06:33 varnishd[44646]: Message from VCC-compiler:
Oct 12 08:06:33 varnishd[44646]: VCL version declaration missing
Oct 12 08:06:33 varnishd[44646]: Update your VCL to Version 4 syntax, and add
Oct 12 08:06:33 varnishd[44646]: vcl 4.1;
Oct 12 08:06:33 varnishd[44646]: on the first line of the VCL files.
Oct 12 08:06:33 varnishd[44646]: ('/etc/varnish/default.vcl' Line 1 Pos 1)
Oct 12 08:06:33 varnishd[44646]: backend default {
Oct 12 08:06:33 varnishd[44646]: #######----------
Oct 12 08:06:33 varnishd[44646]: Running VCC-compiler failed, exited with 2
Oct 12 08:06:33 varnishd[44646]: VCL compilation failed
Oct 12 08:06:33 systemd[1]: varnish.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=255
Oct 12 08:06:33 systemd[1]: varnish.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
As you can see, my CloudLinux 8 cPanel instance on AWS returns a more specific error message.
Since Varnish 4, a VCL version label was introduced. You need to specify it at the start of your VCL file.
Here's how I would refactor your example:
vcl 4.1;
backend default {
.host = "127.0.0.1";
.port = "8080";
}
I'm using
vcl 4.1;as the VCL version label because you are running Varnish 6. Earlier versions of Varnish only supportvcl 4.0;