Varnish default checks and policies
reference australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read varnish-policies-checks.md
Agent Client Collector provides the following default checks and policies for Varnish monitoring.
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Type |
Check |
Description |
Usage |
Output |
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Metric |
app.varnish.metrics-varnish |
Collects Varnish metrics from the host. |
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--- title: Varnish default checks and policies description: Agent Client Collector provides the following default checks and policies for Varnish monitoring. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/varnish-policies-checks.html release: australia product: Agent Client Collector classification: agent-client-collector topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-09-10" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [ACC-M default checks and policies, ACC-M reference, Agent Client Collector reference, Agent Client Collector, IT Operations Management] --- # Varnish default checks and policies Agent Client Collector provides the following default checks and policies for Varnish monitoring. <table id="table_bbw_1tt_f5b"><thead><tr><th> Type </th><th> Check </th><th> Description </th><th> Usage </th><th> Output </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> Metric </td><td> app.varnish.metrics-varnish </td><td> Collects Varnish metrics from the host. </td><td> `linuxchecks metrics-varnish (options)` where: - -t = fields List of required metrics, comma separated within "" - -v = varnishname The Varnish instance to retrieve data from. </td><td> ``` hostname.MAIN_sess_conn 175 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_sess_drop 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_client_req 173 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_cache_hit 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_cache_hitpass 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_cache_miss 167 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_backend_conn 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_backend_unhealthy 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_backend_busy 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_backend_fail 171 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_backend_reuse 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_backend_recycle 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_threads 200 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_threads_limited 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_threads_created 200 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_threads_failed 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_thread_queue_len 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_sess_queued 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_n_expired 167 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_n_lru_nuked 0 1649420020 hostname.MAIN_backend_req 0 1649420020 ``` </td></tr></tbody> </table>**Parent Topic:**[Agent Client Collector Monitoring default checks and policies](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/agent-policies-checks.md)
| title | Varnish default checks and policies |
| description | Agent Client Collector provides the following default checks and policies for Varnish monitoring. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/varnish-policies-checks.html |
| release | australia |
| product | Agent Client Collector |
| classification | agent-client-collector |
| topic_type | reference |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |
| breadcrumb | ACC-M default checks and policiesACC-M referenceAgent Client Collector referenceAgent Client CollectorIT Operations Management |