How to integrate Varnish cache with Magento 2?

How to integrate Varnish cache with Magento 2?

Moving further, in this blog we will discuss integration of Varnish cache with Magento 2 on the architecture of Docker and of course we will be using docker-compose to setup this architecture as we did earlier. If you are familiar with Magento 2 and own your store then you might have heard of Varnish cache once in a while.

Where are the cache folders in Magento 2?

Since FPC is configured to serve the content from Varnish, once cleared, cache folders (var/cache, var/page_cache) should always be empty. Load your Magento 2 Frontend and check the response from the browser console, you will see similar as shown in the below screenshot: You are done.

How does Magento page caching work in PHP?

Retrieving stored ( cached) content from a previous request for the same client instead of requesting files from your server every time someone visits your site is a more efficient use of network bandwidth. The Magento page cache library contains a simple PHP reverse proxy that enables full page caching out of the box.

How does Varnish cache work for web accelerators?

Varnish cache visits your server once to cache the page, then all future requests for the same page will be served by Varnish cache. Unlike other web-accelerators, Varnish cache deals only with HTTP traffic. The key element in Varnish cache setup is its Varnish Configuration Language (VCL) file.

Do you need turpentine extension for Magento 2?

As Magento 2 supports Varnish out of the box, there is no need for the turpentine extension anymore in Magento 2. Simply follow the steps below to configure Varnish for Magento 2.

How to integrate Magento 2 with docker compose?

Unarchived Magento 2 files and directories. The docker-compose.yml file is shown below: Here in YAML file above, we are defining three services: cache_server, web_server and database_server. The cache_server is associated with our Varnish cache server configuration.