[Zope] ZServer -> Apache/mod_proxy -> mod_gzip: Possible!!! (How-To now available)
Chris McDonough
chrism@zope.com
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:02:22 -0500
Excellent!! Thanks very much.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Horbal" <horbal@vlsi.enel.ucalgary.ca>
To: "Chris McDonough" <chrism@zope.com>
Cc: "Oliver Bleutgen" <myzope@gmx.net>; <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] ZServer -> Apache/mod_proxy -> mod_gzip:
Possible!!! (How-To now available)
> Chris, Everyone,
>
> I've put together a fairly detailed How-To describing how to use
mod_gzip for Apache to compress Zope documents that are proxied via
mod_proxy (ProxyPass). You can find it here:
>
> http://www.zope.org/Members/softsign/
>
> Feedback is welcome!
>
> cheers,
> Paul.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 10:30:18AM -0500, Chris McDonough wrote:
> > Hi Paul, this is good stuff. Would you mind turning this into a
HowTo
> > on Zope.org?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Horbal" <horbal@vlsi.enel.ucalgary.ca>
> > To: "Oliver Bleutgen" <myzope@gmx.net>
> > Cc: <zope@zope.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Zope] ZServer -> Apache/mod_proxy -> mod_gzip:
> > Possible???
> >
> >
> > > Hi everyone...
> > >
> > > After following Oliver's advice and bumbling through the
mod_gzip
> > mailing list further, I've gotten mod_gzip to start compressing
all
> > the Zope stuff served through Apache. Here's a listing of the
entries
> > in my httpd.conf for anybody else that would like to try it (I
highly
> > recommend it):
> > >
> > > # In the main part of httpd.conf
> > >
> > > mod_gzip_on Yes
> > > mod_gzip_can_negotiate Yes
> > > mod_gzip_add_header_count Yes
> > > mod_gzip_minimum_file_size 400
> > > mod_gzip_maximum_file_size 0
> > > mod_gzip_temp_dir /tmp
> > > mod_gzip_keep_workfiles No
> > > mod_gzip_maximum_inmem_size 100000
> > > mod_gzip_dechunk Yes
> > >
> > >
> > > mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/*
> > > mod_gzip_item_include mime httpd/unix-directory
> > > mod_gzip_item_include file \.htm$
> > > mod_gzip_item_include file \.html$
> > > mod_gzip_item_include handler proxy-server
> > > mod_gzip_item_include handler cgi-script
> > >
> > > mod_gzip_item_exclude rspheader
Content-Type:image/*
> > > mod_gzip_item_exclude mime text/css
> > > mod_gzip_item_exclude file \.css$
> > > mod_gzip_item_exclude file \.js$
> > >
> > >
> > > # Now the VirtualHost for my Zope ZServer
> > >
> > > <VirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx>
> > > ServerName www.foo.com
> > > ServerAdmin me@foo.com
> > >
> > > ProxyPass / http://foo:8080/zopedir/
> > > ProxyPassReverse / http://foo:8080/zopedir/
> > > ProxyPass /misc_ http://foo:8080/misc_
> > > ProxyPass /p_ http://foo:8080/p_
> > > </VirtualHost>
> > >
> > >
> > > Note the salient features:
> > >
> > > a) ...include mime ^text/* -- tells mod_gzip to look for any
file
> > with a mime type of "text" - this includes most stuff served up
> > through Zope IIRC
> > >
> > > b) ...include handler proxy-server -- reminds mod_gzip to try
and
> > intercept mod_proxy requests too (this is the part I was missing)
> > >
> > > c) ...exclude rspheader Content-Type:image/* -- tells mod_gzip
not
> > to bother compressing images (the gain is minimal in most cases
and
> > actually chokes NS4 browsers)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > Paul.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 10:21:17AM +0100, Oliver Bleutgen wrote:
> > > > Paul Horbal wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > >
> > > > > I've searched high and low but I can't find any
documentation
> > for
> > > > > setting up mod_gzip to work with a Zope server (ZServer)
being
> > served
> > > > > through Apache's mod_proxy with the ProxyPass directives.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this possible at the moment? Is there maybe a Zope
product
> > that
> > > > > handles gzipping served pages? This seems like a really
good
> > idea...
> > > > >
> > > > > I have mod_gzip working with Apache - other VirtualHosts on
the
> > same
> > > > > machine that aren't proxied serve gzipped pages - but
apparently
> > > > > mod_proxy and mod_gzip don't like to play in the same
sandbox.
> > Other
> > > > > people have reported success using mod_rewrite instead...
Is
> > there some
> > > > > sort of performance hit you sustain in this case? If not,
how
> > do you
> > > > > set that up? =)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > HI Paul,
> > > >
> > > > I use mod_proxy + mod_gzip and it works great - if it weren't
for
> > the
> > > > damn browsers ;-). Seriously, there can be some gotchas, but
all
> > > > encountered were client side problems.
> > > >
> > > > I use mod proxy, invoced via a rewrite rule (RewriteRule ....
[P])
> > > > The only thing which might be special is
> > > > mod_gzip_item_include handler proxy-server
> > > >
> > > > There are some examples on the mod_gzip homepage&mailing
lists.
> > > >
> > > > cheers,
> > > > oliver
> > > >
> > > >
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