Setup Requirements
Windows Support
Varnish claims that support for Windows is Not Ready For Production. Therefore, this source has only been tested to work with *nix systems.
Data Collection Setup
The collector interacts with several executables that are packaged with Varnish. The most important executables are:
varnishadm
varnishstat
These executables have the following requirements:
- Know the locations of each executable
AND/OR - Include these executables within the User's
$PATHvariable
Network Requirements
Remote Connections to Collector
When using a collector where a remote connection over SSH is required, the system where the collector is installed must be able to connect to the Varnish host system over the network. There are two ways to accomplish this:
- Add the collector system's information to the
known_hostsfile on the Varnish system
OR - Set the Strict Key Checking parameter to false when configuring the connection parameters in BindPlane.
Connection Parameters
| Name | Required? | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Working Directory | The varnishd working directory (also known as instance name). | |
| Executable Directory | The directory where the varnishadm and varnishstat executables are located. If not provided, will default to relying on the executables being in the user's PATH. | |
| Connection Type | Local collection or collect from a remote host over SSH. | |
| Username | Required | |
| Password | ||
| Host | Required | |
| Strict Key Checking | Require host key to be present in known_hosts file to make remote connection. | |
| Connection Timeout | SSH connection timeout in seconds. |
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