VARNISH CDN IN A BOX

The sovereign CDN that runs on your own cloud

Varnish CDN in a Box gives telcos, hosting providers, and managed service providers a white-label, turn-key CDN service running directly on their own infrastructure. 

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Network infrastructure is valuable. Building and operating a CDN is complex.

Service providers want to monetize their regional backbones and underutilized capacity. Relying on third-party CDNs forces them to rent out infrastructure or simply give away the customer relationship, meaning they lose control over their brand and margins. Attempting to build an alternative in-house introduces roadblocks:

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Internal engineering bottlenecks

Building from scratch requires deep expertise and long development cycles. 

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24/7 operational strain

Running a content delivery platform demands constant traffic monitoring and dedicated engineering teams to maintain strict SLAs.

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Upfront commercial risk

Standard software licensing models demand heavy fixed costs and a steep capex wall before onboarding a single customer. 

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Geographic footprint limitations

Regional providers lack the global edge presence required to win enterprise B2B customers who demand worldwide reach. 

Why Varnish CDN in a Box

Building a CDN can take a year. Varnish CDN in a Box deploys a managed service in days.

Varnish CDN in a Box transforms infrastructure into an owned, white-labeled product line, allowing you to keep the customer, the billing, and the higher margins instead of passing them to a third-party referral.

Varnish CDN in a Box
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No Upfront Capex

 Deploy onto your own PoPs with no upfront capex walls.
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Fast Deployment

 Go live in minutes via a code-free visual dashboard to manage logic.
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Low Overhead

 Roll out using a pre-built, rebranded customer portal, no development needed.
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Managed Service Option

 Run operations in-house or hand 24/7 monitoring over to Varnish experts.
Financial Impact: Minimal business risk driven by an aligned revenue-share model with zero fixed software license fees.

 

Traditional In-House Build 
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High Upfront Costs

 Purchase expensive network hardware and software licenses.
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Technical Challenges

 Find resources and then develop internal caching logic and custom logic completely from scratch.
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Engineering Effort

 Spend extensive engineering cycles building dashboards from the ground up.
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Operational Overheads

 Deploy and fund internal engineering teams for around-the-clock incident response.
Financial Impact: High fixed costs and intense, ongoing operational overhead, plus additional costs in prioritizing valuable engineering hours on something that is not your core competence.

Capabilities

What Varnish CDN in a Box does

Every capability is deployable directly on your own PoPs, completely under your brand.

 

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Varnish CDN stack
  • Production CDN edge: Deploys production edge onto your PoPs.
  • Visual dashboard: Code-free control dashboard installed.
  • Logic engine: Utilizes an advanced edge logic engine.
  • Smart routing: Features global GeoIP routing and load balancing.
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24/7 operations & SLAs
  • Operation choice: Run in-house or choose Varnish operations.
  • Expert management: Operated 24/7 by specialized Varnish teams.
  • Tier-3 support: Deep technical support is fully included.
  • Commercial GTM: Joint pitches and sales enablement included.
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Self-service customer portal
  • White-label UI: Offers white-label or co-branded UI options.
  • User onboarding: Seamless end-customer onboarding requires no UI building.
  • Customer management: Provides direct API and caching tokens.
  • Real-time analytics: Real-time metrics and system log exports.
  • Custom rules: Build from 10 to 2000+ cache rules.
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Managed edge security & compliance
  • Built-in security: Managed WAF, bot verification, and DDoS protection.
  • Traffic filtering: Employs rate limiting and GeoIP blocklists.
  • SSL infrastructure: Includes managed SSL and custom certificate support.
  • Data sovereignty: Traffic and logs kept within European jurisdiction (if you chose to deploy in the EU only).
  • Image optimization: Automated edge image optimization and transformation.

Manage data delivery through secure, localized infrastructure

Varnish CDN in a Box ensures absolute data sovereignty by running entirely within your own network borders, giving you the security of a localized cloud with the capability of a global CDN platform.

  • NIS2 ready: Meet security and compliance requirements for regional infrastructure while defending against cyber threats.

  • ISO 27001 compliant delivery: Ensure secure information management and data protection protocols across edge caching nodes.

  • Resilient traffic handling: Protect infrastructure from unauthorized access, malicious traffic loads, and unexpected traffic spikes.

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Built for organizations who want to monetize capacity without operational strain

  • Telcos & ISPs: Monetize infrastructure by offering a high-performance managed CDN to enterprise B2B customers.

  • Infrastructure & Hosting Providers: Utilize capacity to provide premium edge caching services under your own brand.

  • Managed Service Providers: Seamlessly bundle a sovereign, secure CDN into your existing cloud or platform ecosystems.

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Technical Deep-Dive

Operational enforcement engineered for legal certainty

Varnish CDN in a Box maps directly into your infrastructure while leaving the heavy operational management and configuration deployment to Varnish Software.

  • Partner node infrastructure: Your underlying network and hardware edge.

  • Varnish CDN nodes deployment: Production-ready nodes running on your infrastructure.

  • Control plane & Varnish UI: Automated configuration deployment and node management managed by Varnish.

  • Partner-branded UI: Self-managed customer dashboard for onboarding and managing users.

  • API & purge token management: Direct customer tools to manage fetching parameters and execute cache purges.

  • DNS routing configurations: Intelligent routing pathways ensuring seamless traffic delivery.

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Specifications

Product specifications

Review the core capabilities available for partners evaluating Varnish CDN in a Box for infrastructure monetization and sovereign content delivery.

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Technical parameters

Availability / support

Deployment environments

Bare metal, VMs, Docker, or Kubernetes containers.

Fully supported

Network infrastructure

Deployed straight onto your local PoPs with optional partner PoP extensions for global reach.

Deployed on-net

Core protocols

HTTP/2, IPv6, and WebSocket proxy infrastructure.

Included

Cache management

Configurable minimum TTLs with instant cache invalidation by tag.

Included

Granular customization

Supports 10 to 2,000+ custom cache rules to filter cookies, headers, and query parameters.

Included

Managed web security

Built-in Managed WAF alongside bot verification and protection.

Included

Network defense

Edge-level DDoS protection, rate limiting, hotlink protection, and GeoIP blocklists.

Included

SSL infrastructure

Automated managed SSL with full Bring-Your-Own-Certificate (BYOC) support.

Included

Data governance

Strict data sovereignty routing to isolate logs and traffic from US CLOUD Act exposure.

Included
(Dependant on PoPs partners choose)

Compliance tiers

NIS2-aligned core infrastructure with certified ISO 27001, ISO 9001, and PCI DSS 4.0 Level 1.

Certified

Platform management

Code-free visual dashboard, Role-based access control, and direct API integration.

Included

Analytics & visibility

Real-time traffic metrics down to 1-minute granularity with continuous log exports.

Included

Network operations

Optional 24/7 node monitoring and end-to-end operational handling managed directly by Varnish experts.

Available

Engineering support

Fully included Tier-3 deep technical support combined with active sales enablement and joint pitch support.

Included

Commercial model

Structured entirely on an aligned revenue-share model with no fixed upfront software license fees.

Revenue share basis

Pricing

Aligned incentives and shared success

Varnish CDN in a Box eliminates heavy financial barriers with a risk-free revenue-share model and zero fixed license fees. There is no capex wall to launch; you can start small and scale infrastructure costs dynamically as your revenue grows. Varnish only earns when you earn, perfectly aligning incentives from day one.

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Let us help you build and operate a revenue-generating CDN

Turn underutilized network capacity into an enterprise-grade, white-labeled CDN running directly on your own infrastructure. Retain your brand, billing, and profit margins. Manage the stack in-house or hand operations and monitoring over to Varnish experts.

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