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Alex
Asked: 2010-03-15 23:18:49 +0800 CST

How do I turn on gzip in Apache2?

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I simply did :

sudo aptitude install apache2

And that's how my server is set up. No extra modules, no nothing.

I'm on ubuntu jaunty.

linux apache-2.2 unix gzip

3 Answers

  1. Debian/Ubuntu have the a2* set of scripts for managing modules and vhosts. You can use a2enmod:

    $ sudo a2enmod deflate
Enabling module deflate.
Run '/etc/init.d/apache2 restart' to activate new configuration!
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
 * Restarting web server apache2
 ... waiting                                                             [ OK ]
$
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  2. Best Answer
    sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/deflate.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/

    and restart apache 

    sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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  3. check this manual, describes quite clearly and is for debian like systems

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