Re: Varnish error for failed backend

2018-03-31 Thread Geoff Simmons
On 03/31/2018 02:36 PM, Danila Vershinin wrote: > > However, I’m also interested how can we distinguish backend errors > while using grace mode and failed probe. > > Suppose that you have configured grace mode and a health check > against homepage. And homepage fails with 500. > The backend is

Re: Varnish error for failed backend

2018-03-31 Thread Danila Vershinin
Hi Geoff, Thank you. I understand about vcl_synth being used when getting 500 & 503 better :) However, I’m also interested how can we distinguish backend errors while using grace mode and failed probe. Suppose that you have configured grace mode and a health check against homepage. And

Re: Varnish error for failed backend

2018-03-31 Thread Geoff Simmons
On 03/31/2018 10:21 AM, Danila Vershinin wrote: > > If a constant PHP error occurs in the backend and there is no cache - > we see Backend fetch failed. [...] > ... it always takes time to explain to the clients that the Varnish > is not to blame ... Welcome to Varnish administration! Such is

Varnish error for failed backend

2018-03-31 Thread Danila Vershinin
Hi, I have configured Varnish backend probes + grace mode. Works great. One thing I’d like to address with this setup (this is Magento website, but this “issue” applies to other website types) is more relevant error pages. If a constant PHP error occurs in the backend and there is no cache -