[Resolved] mod_gzip not adding Content-Encoding header

jayant

I compiled and added the mod_gzip module for apache using the instructions at http://www.i4net.tv/marticle/get.php?action=getarticle&articleid=12 .

The compression is happening fine but the problem is that the headers don't include the header 'Content-Encoding: gzip'. You can see the headers of http://www.eusenet.com/ if you want.
How do I ensure that 'Content-Encoding: gzip' is passed whenever the content is gzipped and not included otherwise.

thanks,
jayant

goldbug

First off, are you sure it's actually compressing the content (size differences)--if not, apache just might not be configured quite right, or the module not truly loading (check apache error logs)

Second, if you can't get mod_gzip working, mod_deflate works out-of-the-box with Apache2

Personally, I've been wondering if mod_gzip is even alive anymore--there doesn't seem to have been any update or changes for maybe two years :/

jayant

the module is loading properly and working. the page that was 10kb earlier, now is 2kb when transfering. just that the header seems to be missing.

drew010

its showing for me,,,
Content-Encoding: gzip

www.neoprogrammers.com/images/eusenet.jpg

The request I issued from telnet was

GET / HTTP/1.0
Host: www.eusenet.com
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate

jayant

Yeah, its sending.
The reason was that I was caching data for 15 minutes, so at that time it was sending data from the cache 🙂

Cheers,
Jayant