Varnish Documentation

The official documentation contains a install guide, a tutorial and a reference.

Relevant releases:

• Documentation for the latest release 6.5

• Documentation for the previous release 6.4

• Documentation for the supported (LTS) release 6.0

If you run one of these release, you should really upgrade:

• Documentation for the deprecated release 6.3

• Documentation for the deprecated release 6.2

• Documentation for the deprecated release 6.1

• Documentation for the deprecated release 5.2

• Documentation for the deprecated release 5.1

• Documentation for the deprecated release 5.0

• Documentation for the deprecated release 4.1

• Documentation for the deprecated release 4.0

• Documentation for old version 3.0 (unsupported)

• Documentation for older version 2.1 (unsupported)

The bleeding edge:

• Documentation for the current development version (git master)

For the historically inclined, Archive.org has a complete copy of the old Trac Wiki.

The Varnish Book

A comprehensive user guide for System Administrators and Web Developers in book format provided by Varnish Software:

• Online Reference Guide for the current stable  release (4.0)

• Online Reference Guide for version 3.0 (unsupported)

• Get the book as a PDF download

If you have feedback or want to make improvements to the book please do so by creating issues and/or send us pull-requests.

The Varnish (Web Developer) Wiki

Varnish Software has compiled a wiki for Web Developers with Tutorials, Step-by-step guides, tips, VCL snippets and more. The content focused on the following web technologies:

• Wordpress

• Drupal

• Magento 2

• Adobe Experience Manager

• Expression Engine

There are also some generic resources available:

• Varnish Web Developer FAQ

• Getting started with Varnish resources

• Using Varnish on any site Guides and Tutorials

We welcome contributions to the Varnish Web Dev Wiki and you can help by creating issues and/or send us pull-requests.