Enable server-side compression

[arky]

Let us try to explore performance benefits of server-side compression using gzip or SPDY on m.l.o web server.

[dwaynebailey]

(In reply to Arky from BZ-IMPORT::comment #0)

Let us try to explore performance benefits of server-side compression using
gzip or SPDY on m.l.o web server.

We already have mod_deflate setup for images. But it seems not for HTML and JavaScript which would be our wins.

SPDY is not really an option at the moment on the server as it isn't packaged.

[julen]

(In reply to Dwayne Bailey from BZ-IMPORT::comment #1)

SPDY is not really an option at the moment on the server as it isn't
packaged.

It's packaged for Debian/Ubuntu. Check:
https://developers.google.com/speed/spdy/mod_spdy/install

[dwaynebailey]

(In reply to Julen Ruiz Aizpuru from BZ-IMPORT::comment #2)

(In reply to Dwayne Bailey from BZ-IMPORT::comment #1)

SPDY is not really an option at the moment on the server as it isn't
packaged.

It's packaged for Debian/Ubuntu. Check:
https://developers.google.com/speed/spdy/mod_spdy/install

Unfortunately not on Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS it seems.

[arky]

AFAIK mod_spdy is not packaged for Ubuntu distros because it is distributed in binary form. You'll need to grab the .deb packages from the upstream as the docs suggest. The mod_spdy package updates itself via google ppa.

Perhaps we need to first enable mod_spdy on staging.l.o for testing. We can enable SPDY with "SpdyEnabled on" in VHOST section.

PS: BTW, Running staging on same web server as production servers gives me nightmares. Old sysadmin habits die hard.