mod_deflate settings

[AlexJ]

I am having annoying issue with mod_deflate.. I have enabled it in apache2 but all those optimization tools keep telling me my content is not zipped.

Here is my mod_deflate settings in deflate.config

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>

# AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript

# DeflateCompressionLevel 6

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript


        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-php

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-fastphp

        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-eruby


        DeflateCompressionLevel 5


# Netscape 4.X has some problems

       BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html


# Netscape 4.06-4.08 have some more problems

       BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip


# MSIE masquerades as Netscape, but it is fine

       BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html


# Setup custom deflate log

#        DeflateFilterNote Input instream

#        DeflateFilterNote Output outstream

#        DeflateFilterNote Ratio ratio

#

#        LogFormat '"%r" %{outstream}n/%{instream}n (%{ratio}n%%)' deflate

# Example of log file (add to vhosts)

#        CustomLog logs/deflate_log DEFLATE

</IfModule>

I have this in .htaccess

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript application/xml application/x-javascript


SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI .* no-gzip dont-vary

Also, gzip encoding from ACP is enabled.

Now my question is:
1. Do I need deflate settings in .htaccess and deflate.conf both? or can someone help me in merging to deflate.conf?
2. The default config is something different:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_deflate.html#recommended

Why it has <Location /> and mine starts with <IfModule mod_deflate.c> in deflate.conf?

Can someone please help ? I am using Debian.

Thanks

[Gary.]

Put that in the virtual host and not just the httpd.conf file.

[AlexJ]

Put that in the virtual host and not just the httpd.conf file.

Gary, thanks for all time help but put what? I am really confused on what to put to be honest.. because apache2 example is with location and mine starts with something else..

What exactly I should put in virtual host? After putting in host, can I remove from .htaccess?

[Gary.]

Remove all .htaccess files,

Then add this in your pre virtual host include file:

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>

# AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript

# DeflateCompressionLevel 6

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-php

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-fastphp

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-eruby

DeflateCompressionLevel 5

# Netscape 4.X has some problems

BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html

# Netscape 4.06-4.08 have some more problems

BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4.0[678] no-gzip

# MSIE masquerades as Netscape, but it is fine

BrowserMatch bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html

# Setup custom deflate log

# DeflateFilterNote Input instream

# DeflateFilterNote Output outstream

# DeflateFilterNote Ratio ratio

#

# LogFormat '"%r" %{outstream}n/%{instream}n (%{ratio}n%%)' deflate

# Example of log file (add to vhosts)

# CustomLog logs/deflate_log DEFLATE

</IfModule>

Then restart apache.

[ASTRAPI]

@Gary

Please check your pm :)

Thank you

[Gary.]

Replied.

[altenerg]

This is how I did it in my conf:

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>

          AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml

          AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css

          AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript application/javascript application/ecmascript

          AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml

</IfModule>

[AlexJ]

Remove all .htaccess files,

Then add this in your pre virtual host include file:

Then restart apache.

When you mean to say virtual host file do you mean httpd.conf ?

Thank you!

[Luis Manson]

he means the place where your site is defined, it might be in a vhost or in that file...

also disable compression from adminCP, that one is CPU expensive (made by PHP), while this one is bether and made in the http server