varnish

docker9.0.3muslEOL in 174d (2027-03-16)21M pulls

Official Docker image for Varnish Cache, a web application accelerator.

web-servers

Usage

Recommended variant

docker pull varnish:8.0.2-alpine

alpine = musl libc, smallest footprint — some native extensions won't build

Variants

Available tags

varnish:full

varnish:alpinemusl

Lifecycle

Support & EOL

latest9.0.3

pull size93MB compressed

OS EOLEOL in 174d (2027-03-16)

Known issues

Gotchas

Alpine variant uses musl libc, can break native extensions compiled for glibc

Avoid :latest in production — pulls breaking major version changes

Full variant includes additional tools but increases image size

Resources