> Anyone done anything with Apache mod_deflate? If so, what is your experience.
> Is the Apache in Brian's build already compiled with this module and
> how do I check for those kinds of things? IExample, for php you just
> issue the phpinfo() command in a php page.
It's all in there on my 4.4/4.5 of Brians ISO's, prolly as far back as 2.5 as I'm sure
I had it working then too, you just need to activate it and throw some parameters at
it. httpd.conf level, I have a custom conf in /etc/httpd/conf.d for all my own
amendments, the below is all I use:
### Addons - Enable Mod Deflate - Start ###
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
DeflateCompressionLevel 8
DeflateMemLevel 8
DeflateWindowSize 14
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|pdf|exe|t?gz|zip|bz2?|rar)$ no-gzip dont-
vary
### Addons - Enable Mod Deflate - End ###
The line above the "End" line is 1 single line (if email is wrapped).
Leknor's GZIP checker (http://leknor.com/code/gziped.php) is enough to check with,
although really is tests gzip content, but without mod_deflate apache won't compress
anything by default (can do via php, so I'm told) - works for me anyways, let us know
if you have any issues, parameters I use are gauged for low spec boxen, you could
safely up them on heavier hardware.
Happy hunting :)
Brett