Overview
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for maintenance and support services provided with Varnish on Ubuntu 24.04.
Varnish Cache is a repackaged open-source HTTP accelerator designed to improve web application performance. While the core software is open source and free to use, additional charges may apply for premium support and maintenance services.
Varnish Cache is a high-performance, CLI-based web accelerator that sits in front of web servers such as Nginx or Apache. It speeds up content delivery by caching HTTP responses in memory, significantly reducing backend load and improving response times for end users. Key Features- High-performance HTTP caching for web applications
- Flexible configuration using Varnish Configuration Language (VCL)
- Reduces server load and improves website scalability
- Advanced request routing and cache invalidation controls
- Real-time monitoring and logging via CLI tools
- Supports modern web architectures and microservices
- Open-source and highly customizable
- Significantly improves website speed and user experience
- Handles high traffic efficiently with lower infrastructure costs
- Enhances backend server performance and stability
- Provides fine-grained control over caching behavior
- Ideal for performance-critical and content-heavy applications
- High-traffic websites and content-heavy platforms
- Web applications requiring low latency and fast response times
- API acceleration and caching
- E-commerce platforms and CMS-based websites
- Enterprises optimizing performance of backend services
Varnish Cache offers a powerful, reliable, and scalable solution for accelerating web applications, making it an essential component for modern, performance-driven infrastructures.
Highlights
- High-performance HTTP accelerator for faster web delivery
- CLI-based solution optimized for production environments
- In-memory caching for ultra-low latency responses
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Pricing
Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
m4.large Recommended | $0.007 |
t2.micro | $0.001 |
t3.micro | $0.007 |
t3.small | $0.007 |
m3.medium | $0.007 |
c3.large | $0.007 |
c4.large | $0.007 |
c5.large | $0.007 |
r5.large | $0.007 |
m3.large | $0.007 |
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Packaged with latest updates as of Jan/2026
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Usage instructions
Connect your instance via SSH, the username is ubuntu. More info on SSH: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html - Run the following commands: #sudo su #varnishd -V
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