A great feature of Varnish is that you can re-configure it
while it's running. You to this by logging on to the
administration port usingtelnet:
# telnet localhost 6082
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
vcl.list
200 23
active 70 boot
vcl.load conf1 /etc/varnish/mysite.vcl
200 13
VCL compiled.
vcl.use conf1
200 0
That's it, Varnish is now running with your modified configuration. If you need to switch back to the initial configuration, you do:
vcl.list
200 47
available 65 boot
active 5 conf1
vcl.use boot
A Gem for the Ones Who've Read This Far
One thing before I leave you, daer reader, I'd hugely recommend you to
run rlwrap in
front of any telnet session. Withrlwrap, your arrow keys work,
so does your Emacs short cuts and input history (using the up and down
arrows).
