You can use the configuration templates found in this repository to quickly get started with a complete Varnish configuration that offers support for most functionality. Start of by looking into "default.vcl" and taking the bits you need, copy it to your own default.vcl.
A set of configuration samples used for Varnish 4.0. This includes templates for:
- Wordpress
- Drupal (works decently for Drupal 7, depends on your modules obviously)
- Joomla (WIP)
- Fork CMS
- OpenPhoto
And various configuration for:
- Server-side URL rewriting
- Clean error pages for debugging
- Virtual Host implementations
- Various header normalizations
- Cookie manipulations
- 301/302 redirects from within Varnish
Common list of errors and their fixes:
- FetchError http first read error: -1 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable)
- FetchError: straight insufficient bytes
- FetchError: Gunzip+ESI Failed at the very end
Basic troubleshooting: