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Akamai Connector For Varnish

Mobile Performance

@ColinBendellDirector, CTO Office

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Where is your #webperf problem?

AGENDA• Mobile Performance

• Extending your Varnish operations

• Demo with Mobile Images

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Performance Budgets

Many Contributors

The Web Experience Journey

Real User Monitoring

Histogram of User Experiences

Page Load Time: Seconds

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Seconds Matter

Bending the Curve -2.54% Page load time +2.93% Pages per session + £54,000 Ad revenue

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Target Performance Budget

2 Seconds (Even on Cellular)

Page Load Time: Seconds

Who are these people?

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Mobile Performance

#WebPerf issues

Where do you start?

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DeviceNetwork Content××├ OS ├ (Browser) ├ CPU & Mem ├ Display └ Sensors

├ Edge / 3G / LTE ├ Wi-Fi ├ Proxies └ HTTP/2

├ Images ├ Videos ├ APIs └ Apps

httparchive.org

Average Web Page

httparchive.org

Average Web Page

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2014: 18.7k Different Android Devices

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Source: OpenSignal

2015: 24.0k Different Android Devices

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“…25% of new Android phones h ave only 512MB of RAM.”

Jen Fitzpatrick VP of product managem ent for Google Maps

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DeviceNetwork Content××├ OS ├ (Browser) ├ CPU & Mem ├ Display └ Sensors

├ Edge / 3G / LTE ├ Wi-Fi ├ Proxies └ HTTP/2

├ Images ├ Videos ├ APIs └ Apps

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DeviceNetwork Content××

IPv6 TLS RTT

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DeviceNetwork Content××

<picture/>srcset=“”

ChromaSubsampling

RWD

4:2:0

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DeviceNetwork Content××

Cache API Assembly Client Hints

PerceptualQuality

DDoS & Bots

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The Internet

Caching is still important

Case Study: CBC

Synchronized Cache w/ Akamai

OpEx Impact

Origin Bandwidth <100mbps

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Varnish Operators

Common Challenges1. Duplication of logic: in VCL and in Akamai

2. Decoupled Varnish Akamai lifecycle changes

3. Akamai best practices inconsistency

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Akamai Connector For Varnish

What and Why• Simplifies daily operations

• Control your Akamai cache configuration using (VCL)

• Manage application lifecycle changes at origin

• Apply Akamai best practices automatically

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Akamai Platform

Origin Varnish

VCL with cache policies

Purges initiated

Advanced cache policies

Purges replicated

Akamai Connector For Varnish

Architecture• Orchestration from Origin• Synchronize workflow• Apply Akamai best practices

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DEMO

Setup

import std;import akamai;include "akamai_auto.vcl";

# Ubuntu/Debian$ apt-get install varnish-plus-akamai-connector

Varnish-Cache also available

Make a change

> http PURGE https://thirtyone.com/womens-tops.jpg

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Wait. What?

Cache

Client Hints

ChromaSubsampling4:2:0

IPv6

RTT

Advanced

Cache Synchronizationsub vcl_backend_response { if (bereq.url ~ "^/esi/") { set beresp.do_esi = true; } set beresp.ttl = 2d; set beresp.grace = 1h; set beresp.http.Cache-Control = "max-age=300";}

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Take action

Join the early • https://info.varnish-software.com/akamai-varnish-la-participation

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• #JustAddZebras

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Together, we can make your #OpsLife easier

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QUESTIONS?

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IT

Qualifying the impact

IT + BUSINESS IMPACT

Origin load Poor site performance and higher infrastructure costs