Why is varnish not restarting after I change port

Question

Solved. See my solution below My system:

1. varnish 6
2.Centos 7 controlled on cwp pro panel,
3.webserver configuration: 
Nginx & Varnish & Apache ([Varnish Conf])
Additional Options: php-cgi/suphp, nginx/php-fpm, apache/php-fpm, proxy, varnish cache, HTTP: Nginx (80) --> Varnish (82) --> Apache (8181)
HTTPS: Nginx (443) --> Varnish (82) --> Apache (8181)
** By default this will enable Nginx&Apache for all domains while Varnish you can enable additionally for domains you need.

I got the following error message:

    # systemctl status varnish.service
● varnish.service - Varnish Cache, a high-performance HTTP accelerator
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/varnish.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
  Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/varnish.service.d
           └─override.conf
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-11-18 21:50:41 GMT; 24s ago
  Process: 32248 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -j unix, user=vcache -F -a :82 -T <IP Address>:8443 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -S /etc/varnish/secret -s malloc,256m (code=exited, status=2)
 Main PID: 17031 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
systemd[1]: Starting Varnish Cache, a high-performance HTTP accelerator... varnishd[32248]: Error: Unix jail: vcache user not found.
varnishd[32248]: (-? gives usage)
systemd[1]: varnish.service: control process exited, code=exited status=2
systemd[1]: Failed to start Varnish Cache, a high-performance HTTP accelerator.
systemd[1]: Unit varnish.service entered failed state.
systemd[1]: varnish.service failed.

my /lib/systemd/system/varnish.service looks like this:

    ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd \
          -a :6081 \
          -a localhost:8443,PROXY \
          -p feature=+http2 \
          -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl \
          -s malloc,256m
ExecReload=/usr/sbin/varnishreload

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

My systemctl edit varnish.service. I want varnish to listen to port 82

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -j unix,user=vcache -F -a hostname:82 -T localhost:8443 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -S /etc/varnish/secret$

my /etc/varnish/default.vcl is just:

    vcl 4.0;
backend default { .host = "server IP"; .port = "8181";}
include "/etc/varnish/conf.d/vhosts.conf";

What am I going wrong please? varnish will not restart.

Solution

I simply changed the localhost:8443 to localhost:6081 below. So the correct file in systemctl edit varnish.service is below. I went further to open port 82 on the firewall, systemctl daemon-reload, systemctl start varnish.

Hope this helps others.

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -j unix,user=vcache -F -a <IP>:82 -T localhost: -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -S /etc/varnish/secret$

ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd \
      -a :6081 \
      -a localhost:8443,PROXY \
      -p feature=+http2 \
      -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl \
      -s malloc,256m

ExecReload=/usr/sbin/varnishreload

[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target


My systemctl edit varnish.service.

[Service] ExecStart= ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -j unix,user=vcache -F -a hostname:82 -T localhost:8443 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -S /etc/varnish/secret$ -s malloc,1024m

According to the error message, there's a space between unix, and user=vcache. Also hostname is gone. — Gerard H. Pille, Nov 19 '20 at 00:25
Solutions should be posted below as an answer, not as part of the question. — Michael Hampton, Nov 19 '20 at 09:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 19 '20 at 07:57

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The error you're getting contains the answer to your question:

Error: Unix jail: vcache user not found.

And this error is triggered in your systemd config by -j unix,user=vcache.

Either remove the -j parameter, or make sure the vcache user exists.

answered Nov 19 '20 at 07:57

Thijs Feryn

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