HTTP/2 SSL Offloading with Hitch and Varnish

Updated August 2026: Hitch + Varnish HTTP/2 offloading is still a solid pattern. On current Debian/Ubuntu, prefer current Hitch/Varnish packages, keep TLS 1.2+ only, and re-check varnishd CLI flags — some older examples used options...

File changed as we read it GlusterFS issue

File changed as we read it GlusterFS issue Recently i had trouble running Backups of my Gitlab instance onto GlusterFS mounted volumes. The tar cronjob always exited with error message: File changed as we read...

Running multiple instances of varnish using systemd

Updated August 2026: Multiple Varnish instances under systemd still works the same way: separate config, cache, and ports per instance, plus dedicated varnishncsa/varnishlog units. On newer distros, put overrides in /etc/systemd/system/*.d/ instead of editing the...