Comments on: Varnish: No ESI processing, first char not ‘ http://e-mats.org/2010/03/varnish-no-esi-processing-first-char-not/ Where desperate is just another word for a regular day. Mon, 21 May 2012 08:59:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Torstein Krause Johansen http://e-mats.org/2010/03/varnish-no-esi-processing-first-char-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 Torstein Krause Johansen Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:56:38 +0000 http://e-mats.org/?p=768#comment-1554 I've done the same thing om /etc/default/varnish, but must be quick to add that I only configure ESI processing of the URIs I'm sure I want it, testing the URIs in vcl_fetch. On a related note, Varnish doesn't (yet) support ESI processing of gzip-ed content, so you must put a (lightweight) HTTPd in front of Varnish if you want to deliver gzip-ed content that has been ESI processed. I've both used Apache and Nginx for this. I’ve done the same thing om /etc/default/varnish, but must be quick to add that I only configure ESI processing of the URIs I’m sure I want it, testing the URIs in vcl_fetch.

On a related note, Varnish doesn’t (yet) support ESI processing of gzip-ed content, so you must put a (lightweight) HTTPd in front of Varnish if you want to deliver gzip-ed content that has been ESI processed. I’ve both used Apache and Nginx for this.

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