Re: [tlug] Testing Apache for gzip modules

[Romeo Theriault <romeo.theriault@example.com>]

>
> My server is Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 3),
>

Might want to run an 'up2date -u' RHEL4 is now at 4.8, 4.3 is pretty outdated.

>
> I'm also confused a little because the line between mod_gzip and
> mod_deflate is a little blurry. Some pages I've read seem to indicate
> they're the same thing, or at least that if you have mod_deflate that it
> supports gzip as well. Which should I be getting?


According to this page:

http://www.howtoforge.com/apache2_mod_deflate

> mod_deflate has replaced Apache 1.3's mod_gzip in Apache2.

>
> Apparently, if my server were on Debian, I could just say "a2enmod
> deflate" and be up and running. However, for Red Hat, I'm told I need to
> edit httpd.conf to have the line:
> LoadModule deflate_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_deflate.so
>
> ... but I'm sceptical of that. Will it just work to add the line? Don't
> I need to install anything?
Not if you have the mod_deflate.so module.
ls /usr/lib/apache2/modules | grep mod_deflate
or
rpm -q --filesbypkg httpd | grep deflate


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Romeo Theriault