Howto: enable HTTP Compression

How to enable HTTP Compression? In order to enable compression, you will need compression modules compiled with Apache. Apache 1.x needs mod_gzip and Apache 2.x need mod_deflate compiled with it.

If  you have these module installed, you need to edit your Apache configuration file locate at “/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf” file and add the following lines to it:

<Location />
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI  \
\.(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary
</Location>

Save the file and restart the httpd service. This will compress all the files except the .gif, .jpe, .jpeg and .png files.

Related URLs:
How to enable http compression on a Plesk server?

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One Response to “Howto: enable HTTP Compression”

  1. toolspot
    June 3rd, 2011 at 10:34 am

    to check if http compression is enabled or not use this tool
    http://toolspot.org/http_compression.php