https://www.varnish.org/docs/tutorials/tags/tls/Recent content in Tls on Varnish CacheHugoen-usThu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.varnish.org/docs/tutorial/tls/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.varnish.org/docs/tutorial/tls/<p>Varnish has TLS support, as of Varnish version 9. This means incoming connections to Varnish can now happen using HTTPS. Varnish can also communicate with backends using HTTPS.</p> <p>This tutorial explains the different ways to configure native TLS support.</p> <h2 id="option-1-use-the--a-option">Option 1: Use the -A option</h2> <p>The <a href="https://www.varnish.org/docs/reference/varnishd/"><code>varnishd</code></a> program offers a <code>-A</code> argument to enable TLS support by linking to a TLS configuration file.</p> <h3 id="varnishd-example">varnishd example</h3> <p>This is what the <code>varnishd</code> command could look like with both regular HTTP and HTTPS enabled:</p>