I just added varnish cache to my site. Before I added it, I was able to get onto the admin panel. After adding it, though, trying to get to the admin panel results in an infinite redirect loop.
It redirects with the following http codes:
302->307->302->307…
It does this on all browsers even when I clear browser cache.
Here is my varnish config:
# VCL version 5.0 is not supported so it should be 4.0 even though actually used Varnish version is 6
vcl 4.0;
import std;
# The minimal Varnish version is 6.0
# For SSL offloading, pass the following header in your proxy server or load balancer: 'SSL-OFFLOADED: https'
backend default {
.host = "127.0.0.1";
.port = "8080";
.first_byte_timeout = 600s;
}
acl purge {
"localhost";
}
sub vcl_recv {
if (req.method == "PURGE") {
if (client.ip !~ purge) {
return (synth(405, "Method not allowed"));
}
# To use the X-Pool header for purging varnish during automated deployments, make sure the X-Pool header
# has been added to the response in your backend server config. This is used, for example, by the
# capistrano-magento2 gem for purging old content from varnish during it's deploy routine.
if (!req.http.X-Magento-Tags-Pattern && !req.http.X-Pool) {
return (synth(400, "X-Magento-Tags-Pattern or X-Pool header required"));
}
if (req.http.X-Magento-Tags-Pattern) {
ban("obj.http.X-Magento-Tags ~ " + req.http.X-Magento-Tags-Pattern);
}
if (req.http.X-Pool) {
ban("obj.http.X-Pool ~ " + req.http.X-Pool);
}
return (synth(200, "Purged"));
}
if (req.method != "GET" &&
req.method != "HEAD" &&
req.method != "PUT" &&
req.method != "POST" &&
req.method != "TRACE" &&
req.method != "OPTIONS" &&
req.method != "DELETE") {
/* Non-RFC2616 or CONNECT which is weird. */
return (pipe);
}
# We only deal with GET and HEAD by default
if (req.method != "GET" && req.method != "HEAD") {
return (pass);
}
# Bypass shopping cart, checkout and search requests
if (req.url ~ "/checkout" || req.url ~ "/catalogsearch") {
return (pass);
}
# Bypass health check requests
if (req.url ~ "/pub/health_check.php") {
return (pass);
}
# Set initial grace period usage status
set req.http.grace = "none";
# normalize url in case of leading HTTP scheme and domain
set req.url = regsub(req.url, "^http(s)?://", "");
# collect all cookies
std.collect(req.http.Cookie);
# Compression filter. See https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/FAQ/Compression
if (req.http.Accept-Encoding) {
if (req.url ~ ".(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|gz|tgz|bz2|tbz|mp3|ogg|swf|flv)$") {
# No point in compressing these
unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
} elsif (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "gzip") {
set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "gzip";
} elsif (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "deflate" && req.http.user-agent !~ "MSIE") {
set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "deflate";
} else {
# unknown algorithm
unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
}
}
# Remove all marketing get parameters to minimize the cache objects
if (req.url ~ "(?|&)(gclid|cx|ie|cof|siteurl|zanpid|origin|fbclid|mc_(a-z)+|utm_(a-z)+|_bta_(a-z)+)=") {
set req.url = regsuball(req.url, "(gclid|cx|ie|cof|siteurl|zanpid|origin|fbclid|mc_(a-z)+|utm_(a-z)+|_bta_(a-z)+)=(-_A-z0-9+()%.)+&?", "");
set req.url = regsub(req.url, "(?|&)+$", "");
}
# Static files caching
if (req.url ~ "^/(pub/)?(media|static)/") {
# Static files should not be cached by default
return (pass);
# But if you use a few locales and don't use CDN you can enable caching static files by commenting previous line (#return (pass);) and uncommenting next 3 lines
#unset req.http.Https;
#unset req.http.SSL-OFFLOADED;
#unset req.http.Cookie;
}
return (hash);
}
sub vcl_hash {
if (req.http.cookie ~ "X-Magento-Vary=") {
hash_data(regsub(req.http.cookie, "^.*?X-Magento-Vary=((^;)+);*.*$", "1"));
}
# For multi site configurations to not cache each other's content
if (req.http.host) {
hash_data(req.http.host);
} else {
hash_data(server.ip);
}
# To make sure http users don't see ssl warning
if (req.http.SSL-OFFLOADED) {
hash_data(req.http.SSL-OFFLOADED);
}
if (req.url ~ "/graphql") {
call process_graphql_headers;
}
}
sub process_graphql_headers {
if (req.http.Store) {
hash_data(req.http.Store);
}
if (req.http.Content-Currency) {
hash_data(req.http.Content-Currency);
}
}
sub vcl_backend_response {
set beresp.grace = 3d;
if (beresp.http.content-type ~ "text") {
set beresp.do_esi = true;
}
if (bereq.url ~ ".js$" || beresp.http.content-type ~ "text") {
set beresp.do_gzip = true;
}
if (beresp.http.X-Magento-Debug) {
set beresp.http.X-Magento-Cache-Control = beresp.http.Cache-Control;
}
# cache only successfully responses and 404s
if (beresp.status != 200 && beresp.status != 404) {
set beresp.ttl = 0s;
set beresp.uncacheable = true;
return (deliver);
} elsif (beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "private") {
set beresp.uncacheable = true;
set beresp.ttl = 86400s;
return (deliver);
}
# validate if we need to cache it and prevent from setting cookie
if (beresp.ttl > 0s && (bereq.method == "GET" || bereq.method == "HEAD")) {
unset beresp.http.set-cookie;
}
# If page is not cacheable then bypass varnish for 2 minutes as Hit-For-Pass
if (beresp.ttl <= 0s ||
beresp.http.Surrogate-control ~ "no-store" ||
(!beresp.http.Surrogate-Control &&
beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "no-cache|no-store") ||
beresp.http.Vary == "*") {
# Mark as Hit-For-Pass for the next 2 minutes
set beresp.ttl = 120s;
set beresp.uncacheable = true;
}
return (deliver);
}
sub vcl_deliver {
if (resp.http.X-Magento-Debug) {
if (resp.http.x-varnish ~ " ") {
set resp.http.X-Magento-Cache-Debug = "HIT";
set resp.http.Grace = req.http.grace;
} else {
set resp.http.X-Magento-Cache-Debug = "MISS";
}
} else {
unset resp.http.Age;
}
# Not letting browser to cache non-static files.
if (resp.http.Cache-Control !~ "private" && req.url !~ "^/(pub/)?(media|static)/") {
set resp.http.Pragma = "no-cache";
set resp.http.Expires = "-1";
set resp.http.Cache-Control = "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0";
}
unset resp.http.X-Magento-Debug;
unset resp.http.X-Magento-Tags;
unset resp.http.X-Powered-By;
unset resp.http.Server;
unset resp.http.X-Varnish;
unset resp.http.Via;
unset resp.http.Link;
}
sub vcl_hit {
if (obj.ttl >= 0s) {
# Hit within TTL period
return (deliver);
}
if (std.healthy(req.backend_hint)) {
if (obj.ttl + 300s > 0s) {
# Hit after TTL expiration, but within grace period
set req.http.grace = "normal (healthy server)";
return (deliver);
} else {
# Hit after TTL and grace expiration
return (restart);
}
} else {
# server is not healthy, retrieve from cache
set req.http.grace = "unlimited (unhealthy server)";
return (deliver);
}
}
And Here is Nginx config (Actual site name replaced with example.com):
## Example configuration:
upstream fastcgi_backend {
# use tcp connection
# server 127.0.0.1:9000;
# or socket
server unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock;
}
# server {
# listen 80;
# server_name mage.dev;
# set $MAGE_ROOT /var/www/magento2;
# set $MAGE_DEBUG_SHOW_ARGS 0;
# include /vagrant/magento2/nginx.conf.sample;
# }
#
## Optional override of deployment mode. We recommend you use the
## command 'bin/magento deploy:mode:set' to switch modes instead.
##
## set $MAGE_MODE default; # or production or developer
##
## If you set MAGE_MODE in server config, you must pass the variable into the
## PHP entry point blocks, which are indicated below. You can pass
## it in using:
##
## fastcgi_param MAGE_MODE $MAGE_MODE;
##
## In production mode, you should uncomment the 'expires' directive in the /static/ location block
# Modules can be loaded only at the very beginning of the Nginx config file, please move the line below to the main config file
# load_module /etc/nginx/modules/ngx_http_image_filter_module.so;
server {
listen 8080;
server_name example.com *.example.com;
set $MAGE_ROOT /var/www/html/example.com;
set $MAGE_DEBUG_SHOW_ARGS 0;
root $MAGE_ROOT/pub;
index index.php;
autoindex off;
charset UTF-8;
error_page 404 403 = /errors/404.php;
#add_header "X-UA-Compatible" "IE=Edge";
# Deny access to sensitive files
location /.user.ini {
deny all;
}
# PHP entry point for setup application
location ~* ^/setup($|/) {
root $MAGE_ROOT;
location ~ ^/setup/index.php {
fastcgi_pass fastcgi_backend;
fastcgi_param PHP_FLAG "session.auto_start=off n suhosin.session.cryptua=off";
fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "memory_limit=756M n max_execution_time=600";
fastcgi_read_timeout 600s;
fastcgi_connect_timeout 600s;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location ~ ^/setup/(?!pub/). {
deny all;
}
location ~ ^/setup/pub/ {
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
}
}
# PHP entry point for update application
location ~* ^/update($|/) {
root $MAGE_ROOT;
location ~ ^/update/index.php {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(/update/index.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass fastcgi_backend;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
include fastcgi_params;
}
# Deny everything but index.php
location ~ ^/update/(?!pub/). {
deny all;
}
location ~ ^/update/pub/ {
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
}
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}
location /pub/ {
location ~ ^/pub/media/(downloadable|customer|import|custom_options|theme_customization/.*.xml) {
deny all;
}
alias $MAGE_ROOT/pub/;
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
}
location /static/ {
# Uncomment the following line in production mode
# expires max;
# Remove signature of the static files that is used to overcome the browser cache
location ~ ^/static/versiond*/ {
rewrite ^/static/versiond*/(.*)$ /static/$1 last;
}
location ~* .(ico|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg|svgz|webp|avif|avifs|js|css|eot|ttf|otf|woff|woff2|html|json|webmanifest)$ {
add_header Cache-Control "public";
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
expires +1y;
if (!-f $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/static/(versiond*/)?(.*)$ /static.php?resource=$2 last;
}
}
location ~* .(zip|gz|gzip|bz2|csv|xml)$ {
add_header Cache-Control "no-store";
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
expires off;
if (!-f $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/static/(versiond*/)?(.*)$ /static.php?resource=$2 last;
}
}
if (!-f $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/static/(versiond*/)?(.*)$ /static.php?resource=$2 last;
}
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
}
location /media/ {
## The following section allows to offload image resizing from Magento instance to the Nginx.
## Catalog image URL format should be set accordingly.
## See https://docs.magento.com/user-guide/configuration/general/web.html#url-options
# location ~* ^/media/catalog/.* {
#
# # Replace placeholders and uncomment the line below to serve product images from public S3
# # See examples of S3 authentication at https://github.com/anomalizer/ngx_aws_auth
# # resolver 8.8.8.8;
# # proxy_pass https://<bucket-name>.<region-name>.amazonaws.com;
#
# set $width "-";
# set $height "-";
# if ($arg_width != '') {
# set $width $arg_width;
# }
# if ($arg_height != '') {
# set $height $arg_height;
# }
# image_filter resize $width $height;
# image_filter_jpeg_quality 90;
# }
try_files $uri $uri/ /get.php$is_args$args;
location ~ ^/media/theme_customization/.*.xml {
deny all;
}
location ~* .(ico|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg|svgz|webp|avif|avifs|js|css|eot|ttf|otf|woff|woff2)$ {
add_header Cache-Control "public";
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
expires +1y;
try_files $uri $uri/ /get.php$is_args$args;
}
location ~* .(zip|gz|gzip|bz2|csv|xml)$ {
add_header Cache-Control "no-store";
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
expires off;
try_files $uri $uri/ /get.php$is_args$args;
}
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
}
location /media/customer/ {
deny all;
}
location /media/downloadable/ {
deny all;
}
location /media/import/ {
deny all;
}
location /media/custom_options/ {
deny all;
}
location /errors/ {
location ~* .xml$ {
deny all;
}
}
# PHP entry point for main application
location ~ ^/(index|get|static|errors/report|errors/404|errors/503|health_check).php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass fastcgi_backend;
fastcgi_buffers 16 16k;
fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;
fastcgi_param HTTPS on;
fastcgi_param PHP_FLAG "session.auto_start=off n suhosin.session.cryptua=off";
fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "memory_limit=756M n max_execution_time=18000";
fastcgi_read_timeout 600s;
fastcgi_connect_timeout 600s;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
gzip on;
gzip_disable "msie6";
gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_min_length 1100;
gzip_buffers 16 8k;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_types
text/plain
text/css
text/js
text/xml
text/javascript
application/javascript
application/x-javascript
application/json
application/xml
application/xml+rss
image/svg+xml;
gzip_vary on;
# Banned locations (only reached if the earlier PHP entry point regexes don't match)
location ~* (.php$|.phtml$|.htaccess$|.git) {
deny all;
}
}
server {
listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6081;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port 443;
proxy_buffer_size 128k;
proxy_buffers 4 256k;
proxy_busy_buffers_size 256k;
fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;
fastcgi_buffers 4 32k;
}
}
server {
listen 80;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6081/;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Ssl-Offloaded "1";
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port 443;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Ssl on;
}
}
I have tried the following things, none of which worked:
https://mrvts.wordpress.com/2018/12/17/magento-2-nginx-varnish-full-page-cache-backend-admin-redirect-loop-why-and-how-to-fix/
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10915731/infinite-redirection-loop-in-varnish-cache
It only happens for the admin panel. The frontend works as expected.