How To Install varnish on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install varnish on AlmaLinux 8.
What is varnish
This is Varnish Cache, a high-performance HTTP accelerator. Varnish Cache stores web pages in memory so web servers don’t have to create the same web page over and over again. Varnish Cache serves pages much faster than any application server; giving the website a significant speed up. Documentation wiki and additional information about Varnish Cache is available on
We can use yum or dnf to install varnish on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install varnish.
Install varnish on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install varnish using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install varnish
Install varnish on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install varnish using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install varnish
How To Uninstall varnish on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the varnish package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove varnish
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install varnish on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
