Varnish (VCL synthetic) VCL
A VCL snippet for Varnish (VCL synthetic) that answers requests for /pixel.gif with the empty GIF, decoded once at startup.
Varnish (VCL synthetic) VCL
vcl 4.1;
import blob;
backend default none; # or your real backend
sub vcl_recv {
if (regsub(req.url, "\?.*$", "") == "/pixel.gif") {
return (synth(200, "OK"));
}
}
sub vcl_synth {
if (resp.status == 200 && regsub(req.url, "\?.*$", "") == "/pixel.gif") {
set resp.http.Content-Type = "image/gif";
set resp.http.Cache-Control = "no-store";
set resp.body = blob.decode(BASE64, encoded="R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==");
return (deliver);
}
}
We ran this snippet and compared the bytes it returned.
Check it
curl -sI http://localhost:8080/pixel.gif