Re: gzip compression and httpd/relayd

On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 10:18:30AM +0100, Thuban wrote:
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> > Yes it's possible. Make sure to set the appriopriate HTTP headers aswell
> > with relayd: read "Accept-Encoding" and if it's acceptable set
> > "Content-Encoding".
>
> Indeed, it works.
>
> relayd.conf :
>
> match response header "Accept-Encoding" value "gzip"

This should be: match request header "Accept-Encoding" value "*gzip*" I think.
It should only output gzip if it's an accepted encoding, else some clients
break.

> match response header set "Content-Encoding" value "gzip"
>
> Then :
>
> cd /var/www/htdocs/site
> gzip style.css && mv style.css.gz style.css
>
> Now, open URL pointing to style.css, and here you go.
>
> However, all your files must be gzipped, or the browser is unhappy.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>

You're welcome :)

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Hiltjo