After sleeping on this overnight I've discovered a mis-configuration in my environment. It's all working as desired now.
Apologies for the noise. On 12/18/2008, "Jeremy Bowen" <jer...@smartpoint.co.nz> wrote: >[Previously posted to misc@ but this may be a problem with the mod_gzip >port itself so I've reposted here.] > >I have a problem with mod_gzip not compressing output from httpd > >My System is: >OpenBSD 4.4 (GENERIC) #1021: Tue Aug 12 17:16:55 MDT 2008 >dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC > >I'm running the stock httpd however it is not chrooted >httpd_flags = "-u -DSSL" > ># httpd -v >Server version: Apache/1.3.29 (Unix) > >I've installed mod_gzip as a package: ># pkg_info mod_gzip >Information for inst:mod_gzip-1.3.26.1ap2 > >I have copied the sample mod_gzip.conf into /var/www/conf/modules and >have stopped and started apache. > >I've tested that mod_gzip is recognised by the server by fetching >http://www.smartpoint.co.nz/mod_gzip_status >which returns: > >mod_gzip is available... >mod_gzip_version = 1.3.26.1a >mod_gzip_on = Yes > >I'm attempting to test this from: >http://www.whatsmyip.org/mod_gzip_test/ >Unfortunately indicates that none of my files/traffic is being gzip'ed. > >In /var/www/conf/modules/mod_gzip.conf I've enabled >mod_gzip_keep_workfiles Yes >Minimum file-size: 500 >Max: 500000 >I have commented out any mod_gzip_item_exclude entries. > >There are no working files in /tmp. Nor are there any entries in >/var/www/logs/mod_gzip.log > >I'm running with Virtual hosting if that makes a difference. > >I've even tried telnetting to port 80 to fetch a suitable text or html >file and issuing an: >"Accept-Encoding: gzip" >command but that also fails to gzip the file. (I successfully get the >uncompressed file though). > >Any ideas on how to debug this would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks in advance >Jeremy >
