Like many others I have been drawn in by the appeal of websockets and their use in (near) real-time communication. As such one of my current projects uses Node.js and websockets (via socket.io). To maximize compatibility, I would, of course, like my Node.js site to run on port 80. My server, however, is not used… Continue reading WebSockets – Varnish, Nginx, and Node.js
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Varnish – Nothing but 503s
I use Varnish on my production server without any issues – it works quite well, and I have come to consider it an essential component in my server stack. I have recently been having a bit of trouble with a new project of mine that I currently believe a misconfigured Varnish instance to be responsible… Continue reading Varnish – Nothing but 503s
Starting Varnish – Amazon’s Linux
I decided to install the new version of Varnish (3.0.1) using the Varnish repository (instead of amzn repository). The installation progressed without issue (you do need to override the default priorities of the repositories though), however, I ran into an issue trying to start Varnish. Every time I tried to start Varnish I would simply… Continue reading Starting Varnish – Amazon’s Linux