Troubleshooting: Setting up varnish 2.1.2 on OpenSolaris

Wed Jul 7 22:47:21 CEST 2010

So the fpic solved my problem with getting the -1 warning.  However, I'm
getting nothing but 503 responses from varnish.

I've updated to using this for configure:
VCC_CC="cc -fpic -shared -G -m64 -o %o %s" \
CC=/usr/bin/gcc \
CFLAGS="-O3 -pthreads -m64 -fomit-frame-pointer"\
LDFLAGS="-lumem -pthreads" \
./configure --prefix=/opt/extra

The updated VCC_CC line means I don't have to pass it every time I start
varnish.

The simplest run:
/opt/extra/sbin/varnishd -F -a:80 -b 87.238.47.204:80

I always get 503s.  When I check the vmlog, I see backend server not
available.  To further test, I upped the timeout values in a basic vcl just
in case that was the problem.  No change.

My question is, how can I figure out why I'm getting backend server not
available?  If I add a probe, I still see no outbound requests and backends
start at healthy and then become sick shortly after (where they stay).

Running tcpdump, I see no communication with the backend server during any
of this.

Where is my error?

Thanks,
Jacques

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Jorge Díaz <jdzstz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Jacques,
>
> I have installed Varnish 2.1.2 in Solaris 10 (not OpenSolaris) and I also
> had some issues at the begining with GCC compiler, the VCL compilation and
> some varnish tools.
>
> With GCC 3.4.3 I had lot of problems compiling and I upgraded to GCC 3.4.6
> (see http://varnish-cache.org/ticket/711 )
>
> About ticket 649, LINGER crash  [ http://varnish-cache.org/ticket/649 ]  I
> was able to detect that is a issue of Solaris itself and can be fixed
> modifing some "asserts" in sources ( *S**olaris setsockopt returns
> sometimes EINVAL* ) the fixes are in
> http://varnish-cache.org/changeset/4868 and I think in future version
> 2.1.3
>
> I also had some problems with varnishncsa logging (we have to keep a track
> of all request). Varnishncsa coredumped because a duplicated ReqEnd the
> solution is in http://varnish-cache.org/ticket/709  and also in
> http://varnish-cache.org/ticket/633
>
> About your problem " ld.so.1: varnishd: fatal: relocation error:
> R_AMD64_PC32: "  in google I have found this:
>
>
>    - http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=128240
>    -
>    http://www.mail-archive.com/tools-discuss@opensolaris.org/msg02012.html
>    -
>    http://www.mail-archive.com/tools-discuss@opensolaris.org/msg02015.html
>
>
> They say to compile with -Kpic parameter, try changing cc_command
>
> After changing GCC, and applying solutions of ticket 649, 709, 711 and 633,
> Varnish is working OK in production. I think version 2.1.3 will fix all
> problems.
>
>
> Jorge
>
>
> 2010/7/7 Jacques <whshub at gmail.com>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to setup Solaris on OpenSolaris b134.  I'm doing a setup in a
>> brand new zone.  I have reviewed the instructions on
>> http://www.varnish-cache.org/wiki/Installation#OpenSolaris and am having
>> problems.
>>
>> With a brand new zone, I've found that in addition to installing the list
>> of packages provided, I also need to install: SUNWpcre & SUNWlibm.
>>
>> Once installed, I can configure & build correctly with:
>> ----
>>
>> VCC_CC="cc -Kpic -G -m64 -o %o %s" CC=/usr/bin/gcc CFLAGS="-O3
>> -L/opt/extra/lib/amd64 \
>>   -pthreads -m64 -fomit-frame-pointer" LDFLAGS="-lumem -pthreads"
>> ./configure --prefix=/opt/extra
>>
>> make && make install
>> ----
>>
>> I start by running:
>> #  /opt/extra/sbin/varnishd -d -a:80 -b 87.238.47.204:80
>> >Compiled VCL program failed to load:
>> >  ld.so.1: varnishd: fatal: relocation error: R_AMD64_PC32: file ./
>> vcl.ORk8t3RP.so: symbol main: value 0x2800dcfbd44 does not fit
>> >VCL compilation failed
>>
>> Not unexpected, I run:
>> # /opt/extra/sbin/varnishd -d -a:80 -b 87.238.47.204:80 -p
>> cc_command='gcc -G -m64 -o %o %s'
>> >Compiled VCL program failed to load:
>> >  ld.so.1: varnishd: fatal: relocation error: R_AMD64_PC32: file ./
>> vcl.ORk8t3RP.so: symbol main: value 0x2800dcdbd44 does not fit
>> >VCL compilation failed
>>
>> So I install the sunstudioexpress compiler:
>> # pkg install sunstudioexpress
>> # /opt/extra/sbin/varnishd -d  -a:80 -b 87.238.47.204:80 -p cc_command="
>> /opt/SunStudioExpress/bin/cc<http://src.opensolaris.org/source/s?path=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin/cc&project=/webstack> -c
>> -Kpic -m64 -o %o %s"
>>
>> >"./vcl.ORk8t3RP.c", line 356: warning: initializer will be sign-extended:
>> -1
>> >storage_file: filename: ./varnish.BAaWXR size 461096 MB.
>> >Using old SHMFILE
>> >Varnish on -sfile,-hcritbit
>> >200 193
>> >-----------------------------
>> >Varnish HTTP accelerator CLI.
>> >-----------------------------
>> >Type 'help' for command list.
>> >Type 'quit' to close CLI session.
>> >Type 'start' to launch worker process.
>>
>> Varnish appears to be running.  However, I  getting 503s when I try to
>> Varnish.
>> I saw that the warning was mentioned in a closed bug:
>> http://varnish-cache.org/ticket/649
>>
>> So, can someone giving me some pointers?  I really would like to use just
>> the gcc compiler and not have to load all the SunStudioExpress stuff.  But
>> either way, I just want to make it work.
>>
>> I've reviewed the following resources and haven't solved my problem:
>> http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2009/05/64bit-varnish-on-solaris/
>> http://letsgetdugg.com/2009/12/04/varnish-on-solaris/
>> http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/webstack/varnish/
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
>> Jacques
>>
>> Compiler Info:
>> [/usr/bin/gcc -v] gcc version 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-20050802)
>> [/usr/gnu/bin/cc] gcc version 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-20050802)  [symlinked
>> to gcc]
>> [/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin/cc -V] cc: Sun Ceres C 5.10 SunOS_i386
>> 2009/03/06
>>
>>
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