How do you enable mod_gzip compression with Apache

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How do you enable mod_gzip compression with Apache

I don't see the module listed in the Server Admin panel... Does Apache in Mac OS X Server not come with the mod_gzip module? If not, does anyone know how to install it? Seems ridiculous that any web server would come without this preinstalled.

Mac mini Server, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Oct 31, 2010 6:04 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 1, 2010 1:51 PM in response to Theodore Lee1

I believe deflate_module implements gzip compression. Apache documentation for deflate_module is here:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_deflate.html

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Answer 2

S.D.J.L

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Nov 7, 2010 9:59 AM in response to Theodore Lee1

mod_deflate should be installed. If you enable that under Server Admin and then add the following to your /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file:

+SetOutputFilter DEFLATE+
+DeflateFilterNote ratio+
+SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary+
+SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:exe|t?gz|zip|bz2|sit|rar)$ no-gzip dont-vary+
+SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.pdf$ no-gzip dont-var+

That should start giving you some compression.

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