How To Install varnish-modules on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install varnish-modules on CentOS 8.
What is varnish-modules
This is a collection of modules (“vmods”) extending Varnish VCL used for describing HTTP request/response policies with additional capabilities. This collection contains the following vmods (previously kept individually) tcp, var, xkey
We can use yum or dnf to install varnish-modules on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install varnish-modules.
Install varnish-modules on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install varnish-modules using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install varnish-modules
Install varnish-modules on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install varnish-modules using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install varnish-modules
How To Uninstall varnish-modules on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the varnish-modules package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove varnish-modules
varnish-modules Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/14d178c44f594721152783d21e48c8ca8de010
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/93e79d705c497686f34c4dfd1cc8f67894072f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/4f91bbabeb7c591bee13ba96e0dbad53c3a4e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/ea6756c426578ae37419be307e448f44d54755
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/fdd00fb9febe0851ba4b20239963d7234814e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/848ef0e93db981f204d63fe84ec7a04bdfea10
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/e517a7d696f5bac3767698f3b5608619740022
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/ba0dc7fb155ecac07743c0db08a15f8f3ac107
/usr/lib64/varnish/vmods/libvmod_bodyaccess.so
/usr/lib64/varnish/vmods/libvmod_cookie.so
/usr/lib64/varnish/vmods/libvmod_header.so
/usr/lib64/varnish/vmods/libvmod_saintmode.so
/usr/lib64/varnish/vmods/libvmod_tcp.so
/usr/lib64/varnish/vmods/libvmod_var.so
/usr/lib64/varnish/vmods/libvmod_vsthrottle.so
/usr/lib64/varnish/vmods/libvmod_xkey.so
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/CHANGES.rst
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/docs
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/docs/vmod_cookie.rst
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/docs/vmod_header.rst
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/docs/vmod_saintmode.rst
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/docs/vmod_softpurge.rst
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/docs/vmod_tcp.rst
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/docs/vmod_var.rst
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/docs/vmod_vsthrottle.rst
/usr/share/doc/varnish-modules/docs/vmod_xkey.rst
/usr/share/licenses/varnish-modules
/usr/share/licenses/varnish-modules/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/vmod_bodyaccess.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmod_cookie.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmod_header.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmod_saintmode.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmod_tcp.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmod_var.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmod_vsthrottle.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vmod_xkey.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install varnish-modules on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.