Merge pull request #2429 from gquintard/master

varnish: introduce new env variables

varnish/content.md

@@ -10,34 +10,26 @@ Varnish is an HTTP accelerator designed for content-heavy dynamic web sites as w
 
 ## Basic usage
 
-Create a `default.vcl` file:
+### Using `VARNISH_BACKEND_HOST` and `VARNISH_BACKEND_PORT`
 
-```vcl
+You just need to know where your backend (the server that Varnish will accelerate) is:
-# specify the VCL syntax version to use
-vcl 4.1;
 
-# import vmod_dynamic for better backend name resolution
+```console
-import dynamic;
+# we define VARNISH_BACKEND_HOST/VARNISH_BACKEND_PORT
-
+# our workdir has to be mounted as tmpfs to avoid disk I/O,
-# we won't use any static backend, but Varnish still need a default one
+# and we'll use port 8080 to talk to our container (internally listening on 80)
-backend default none;
+$ docker run \
-
+    -e VARNISH_BACKEND_HOST=example.com -e VARNISH_BACKEND_PORT=80 \
-# set up a dynamic director
+	--tmpfs /var/lib/varnish/varnishd:exec \
-# for more info, see https://github.com/nigoroll/libvmod-dynamic/blob/master/src/vmod_dynamic.vcc
+	-p 8080:80 \
-sub vcl_init {
+	%%IMAGE%%
-        new d = dynamic.director(port = "80");
-}
-
-sub vcl_recv {
-	# force the host header to match the backend (not all backends need it,
-	# but example.com does)
-	set req.http.host = "example.com";
-	# set the backend
-	set req.backend_hint = d.backend("example.com");
-}
 ```
 
-Then run:
+From there, you can visit `localhost:8080` in your browser and see the example.com homepage.
+
+### Using a VCL file
+
+If you already have a VCL file, you can directly mount it as `/etc/varnish/default.vcl`:
 
 ```console
 # we need the configuration file at /etc/varnish/default.vcl,
@@ -50,9 +42,7 @@ $ docker run \
 	%%IMAGE%%
 ```
 
-From there, you can visit `localhost:8080` in your browser and see the example.com homepage.
+Alternatively, a simple `Dockerfile` can be used to generate a new image that includes the necessary `default.vcl`:
-
-Alternatively, a simple `Dockerfile` can be used to generate a new image that includes the necessary `default.vcl` (which is a much cleaner solution than the bind mount above):
 
 ```dockerfile
 FROM %%IMAGE%%