Can Varnish be deployed to front end mariadb/mysql server pool? Or is varnish helpful only when frontending HTTP servers?

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Can Varnish be used to front end a pool of mariadb/mysql servers? I see that it does not handle any non-http requests and gives 503 error.

Maybe take a look at the documentation? To just quote the first sentence: "Varnish Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy." — mschuett, Jul 22 '15 at 10:59

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 22 '15 at 10:30

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Varnish is a HTTP Cache, so no it cannot act as a frontend for MariaDB/MySQL, unless you were trying to access them via HTTP.

I would recommend HAproxy as a frontend / load balancer solution for MariaDB/MySQL pool.

answered Jul 22 '15 at 10:30

Justin Hourigan

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '15 at 10:33

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No, Varnish is designed for http traffic and is not suitable for load-balancing mysql/mariadb

answered Jul 22 '15 at 10:33

rangfu

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