mod_gzip

[Eidolon]

(Hopefully the correct forum)
Quick question, is mod_gzip installed on the server and if so can it be turned on via a htaccess file on the end-users site?

The reason I enquire is that I've been trying to get mod_gzip enabled via htaccess this evening without any luck. http://whatsmyip.org/mod_gzip_test/ is a handy tool for checking if a page/thing is going through the compression. I've been attempting to enable it by adding the following...

<IfModule mod_gzip.c>
 mod_gzip_on Yes 
 
mod_gzip_handle_methods GET POST

mod_gzip_item_exclude reqheader "User-agent: Mozilla/4.0[678]"
mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.*$

mod_gzip_item_include file \.js$
mod_gzip_item_include file \.css$
mod_gzip_item_include file \.pl$
mod_gzip_item_include file \.cgi$
mod_gzip_item_include handler ^cgi-script$
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/html$
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/plain$
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^httpd/unix-directory$ 
</IfModule>

...code based on a website hosting I found but can't recall off hand. Obvious if mod_gzip isn't installed on the server I shan't be able use it though the feature seems quote useful.

EDIT: Found the website hosting I took the code from http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum10/4198.htm

[eukjason]

Hello,

Check your phpinfo page to see mod_gzip is installed on your server or not. While browsing your page that is using mod_gzip module, check the apache error logs if you are on a dedicated server.
/etc/httpd/logs/error_log

Cheers.!!

[eUKhost.com]

Originally Posted by Eidolon

(Hopefully the correct forum)
Quick question, is mod_gzip installed on the server and if so can it be turned on via a htaccess file on the end-users site?
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Is this for your accounts hosted on Merlin ?

[Eidolon]

Yes, it was for the one on Merlin. I managed to get GZIP compression via another method website hostings I maintain at work (hosted on puma).

It was more a curiousity thing than an actual need, as the Perl stuff on that website hosting can (and possibly is) using the CGI:Compress module for a form of GZip compression (though I gather mod_gzip is more effective). I blame the link to the YSlow firefox extension on these forums for getting me interested.

[eUKhost.com]

Originally Posted by Eidolon

Yes, it was for the one on Merlin. I managed to get GZIP compression via another method website hostings I maintain at work (hosted on puma).

It was more a curiousity thing than an actual need, as the Perl stuff on that website hosting can (and possibly is) using the CGI:Compress module for a form of GZip compression (though I gather mod_gzip is more effective). I blame the link to the YSlow firefox extension on these forums for getting me interested.

good to hear that

You seem to ask for support and solve your problem on your own before we can do anything