How to make phpMyAdmin work on Nginx server with Varnish Cache? Assuming you have configured Varnish Cache to drop cookies here is what you have to change to make phpMyAdmin work properly on your Nginx server. after you install phpMyAdmin make a symbolic link sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ /usr/share/nginx/www edit /etc/varnish/default.vcl – add in sub vcl_recv if (req.url …