How To Install varnish-modules on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install varnish-modules on Ubuntu.

What is `varnish-modules`

varnish-modules is:

This is a collection of modules (“vmods”) extending Varnish VCL used for describing HTTP request/response policies with additional capabilities. Included:

Variable support
Request and bandwidth throttling
Modify and change complex HTTP headers
3.0-style saint mode
Advanced cache invalidations, and more.

This collection contains the following vmods: accept, bodyaccess, header, saintmode, str, tcp, var, vsthrottle, xkey,

There are three methods to install varnish-modules on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install varnish-modules Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install varnish-modules using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install varnish-modules

Install varnish-modules Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install varnish-modules using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install varnish-modules

Install varnish-modules Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install varnish-modules using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install varnish-modules

How To Uninstall varnish-modules on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the varnish-modules package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove varnish-modules

Uninstall varnish-modules And Its Dependencies

To uninstall varnish-modules and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove varnish-modules

Remove varnish-modules Configurations and Data

To remove varnish-modules configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge varnish-modules

Remove varnish-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove varnish-modules configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge varnish-modules

Dependencies

varnish-modules have the following dependencies:

References

varnish-modules website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install varnish-modules package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.