1VARNISHADM(1)                                                    VARNISHADM(1)
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NAME

6       varnishadm - Control a running varnish instance
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SYNOPSIS

9          varnishadm  [-t  timeout]  [-S secret_file] -T address:port [command
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DESCRIPTION

13       The varnishadm utility establishes a CLI connection using the -T and -S
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16       If  a command is given, the command and arguments are sent over the CLI
17       connection and the result returned on stdout.
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19       If no command argument is  given  varnishadm  will  pass  commands  and
20       replies between the CLI socket and stdin/stdout.
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OPTIONS

23       -t timeout
24              Wait  no  longer than this many seconds for an operation to fin‐
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27       -S secret_file
28              Specify the authentication secret file. This should be the  same
29              -S  argument  as was given to varnishd. Only processes which can
30              read the contents of this file, will be able to authenticate the
31              CLI connection.
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33       -T address:port
34              Connect to the management interface at the specified address and
35              port.
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37       Available commands and parameters are  documented  in  the  varnishd(1)
38       manual  page.   Additionally,  a summary of commands can be obtained by
39       issuing the help command, and a summary of parameters can  be  obtained
40       by issuing the param.show command.
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EXIT STATUS

43       If  a  command  is  given, the exit status of the varnishadm utility is
44       zero if the command succeeded, and non-zero otherwise.
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EXAMPLES

47       Some ways you can use varnishadm::
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49       varnishadm -T localhost:999 -S /var/db/secret vcl.use foo
50       echo vcl.use foo | varnishadm -T localhost:999 -S /var/db/secret
51       echo vcl.use foo | ssh vhost varnishadm -T localhost:999 -S /var/db/secret
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SEE ALSO

54       · varnishd(1)
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HISTORY

57       The varnishadm utility and this manual page  were  written  by  Cecilie
58       Fritzvold. Converted to reStructured and updated in 2010 by Per Buer.
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61       This document is licensed under the same licence as Varnish itself. See
62       LICENCE for details.
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64       · Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Linpro AS
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66       · Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Redpill Linpro AS
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68       · Copyright (c) 2010 Varnish Software AS
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AUTHOR

71       Cecilie Fritzvold, Per Buer
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