{"id":9266,"date":"2020-03-31T09:08:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T09:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=9266"},"modified":"2024-05-08T15:57:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T10:27:01","slug":"configure-magento-2-varnish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/configure-magento-2-varnish\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Configure Magento 2 Varnish in Easy Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cache is an important component of a web server. Cache plays a key role in terms of application performance such as Magento as it decreases the load on the application to a good extent and increases the page loading speed.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it helps in improving the user experience significantly.<\/p>\n

Varnish is a popular cache used in Magento 2. The combination of Magento 2 and Varnish is proved to be useful and helps in improving your website performance. In order to integrate Varnish with previous versions of Magento, it is required to install the Magneto extensions such as \u201cTurpentine Varnish Cache\u201d or \u201cPhoenix Page Cache\u201d. Varnish cache is by defaulkt integrated with Magento 2 and needs minor changes in the configuration to help it work with your store.<\/p>\n

What is Varnish Cache & How Does Magento Varnish Work?<\/h3>\n

With the help of Varnish cache the speed of web applications gets boosted. Technically, Varnish is called as HTTP accelerator and as per the name it accelerates the dynamic pages that contain heavy content for improving the overall performance of the Magento 2 stores.<\/p>\n

Generally, fragment files are built by Magento Varnish stored in the memory. The consumption of time and network bandwidth for upcoming requests gets eliminated with Varnish.<\/p>\n

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When requests are processed, HTTP manages all calls for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and images. Varnish helps to proxy these requests for web server.<\/p>\n

While the web server responds to these requests, the cacheable assets are stored by Varnish as well as any following user request is look after by Varnish. So, the web server doesn\u2019t need to process the same requests again and again.<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/strong> After a configurable interval the assets cached by Varnish can expire and might get replaced by newer version.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The cache can also be cleared manually by accessing the Magneto Admin or by running the Magneto cache with the help of clean command via SSH.<\/p>\n

Benefits of Varnish Cache for Magento Stores<\/h3>\n

When Varnish is integrated, Magento doesn\u2019t need to commit time and resources to serve duplicate requests.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the user experience improves essentially as per the user perspective with the requests being processed much faster and the pages being load much faster in their browsers.<\/p>\n

Did you ever think that how Varnish Cache can help you gain more traffic and boost conversion rate?<\/p>\n

Increase Sales<\/strong><\/p>\n

The page load time gets reduced due to Varnish cache and the content gets delivered 10X faster. The interesting fact is that up to 79% of customers that aren\u2019t satisfied with a website\u2019s performance are doubtful to buy from the same site again. You have a great chance of increasing your online sales with proper Magento Varnish configuration.<\/p>\n

SERP Growth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visitors spend more time as well as shop more often on websites that load faster. This improves the store\u2019s SERP ranking, gaining more traffic and a better brand reputation. So, you can see that it is good to enable Magento Varnish Cache.<\/p>\n

Flexibility<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the Magento Varnish Cache, you get an access to Varnish Configuration Language (VCL) that helps in customizing the requests as the Varnish handles the incoming and outgoing requests.<\/p>\n

Multi-Layer Server<\/strong><\/p>\n

One or more Varnish servers can be added for enabling the high availability of a cluster processing solution. In this type of configurations, if the server doesn\u2019t respond, the Varnish cache takes over and serves the cached assets which consistently help in maintaining the quality of the user experience.<\/p>\n

Prerequisites for Magento 2 Varnish<\/h3>\n

While configuring Magento 2 Varnish, it is needed to check for the version compatibility factor because Magento 2 supports Varnish versions such as 4.x, 5.2 or 6.2.<\/p>\n

Below are the steps to set up Magento 2 Varnish for your store:<\/p>\n