lighttpd2/doc/mod_deflate.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<module xmlns="urn:lighttpd.net:lighttpd2/doc1">
	<short>mod_deflate compresses content on the fly</short>

	<action name="deflate">
		<short>waits for response headers; if the response can be compressed deflate adds a filter to compress it</short>
		<parameter name="options">
			<table>
				<entry name="encodings">
					<short>supported method, depends on whats compiled in (default: "deflate,gzip,bzip2")</short>
				</entry>
				<entry name="blocksize">
					<short>blocksize is the number of kilobytes to compress at one time, it allows the webserver to do other work (network I/O) in between compression (default: 4096)</short>
				</entry>
				<entry name="output-buffer">
					<short>output-buffer is a per connection buffer for compressed output, it can help decrease the response size (fewer chunks to encode). If it is set to zero a shared buffer will be used. (default: 4096)</short>
				</entry>
				<entry name="compression-level">
					<short>0-9: lower numbers means faster compression but results in larger files/output, high numbers might take longer on compression but results in smaller files/output (depending on files ability to be compressed), this option is used for all selected encoding variants (default: 1)</short>
				</entry>
			</table>
		</parameter>
		<example>
			<config>
				deflate [ "encodings" => "deflate,gzip,bzip2", "blocksize" => 4096, "output-buffer" => 4096, "compression-level" => 1 ];
			</config>
		</example>
		<example>
			<config>
				deflate [ "compression-level" => 6 ];
			</config>
		</example>
	</action>

	<option name="deflate.debug">
		<short>enable debug output</short>
		<default><value>false</value></default>
	</option>

	<section title="Notes">
		<textile>
			*Important*: As @deflate;@ waits for the response headers, you must handle the request before it (see below how to check whether the request is handled).
			If the request is not handled, you will get a "500 - Internal error" and a message in the error.log.

			Does not compress:
			* response status: 100, 101, 204, 205, 206, 304
			* already compressed content
			* if more than one etag response header is sent
			* if no common encoding is found

			Supported encodings
			* gzip, deflate (needs zlib)
			* bzip2 (needs bzip2)

			* Modifies etag response header (if present)
			* Adds "Vary: Accept-Encoding" response header
			* Resets Content-Length header
		</textile>
	</section>

	<example title="Simple config" anchor="#">
		<config>
			setup {
				module_load "mod_deflate";
			}

			# define our own "action"
			do_deflate = {
				# make sure static files get handled before we try deflate
				static;
				# we can only wait for response headers if we already have a request handler! (static only handles GET/HEAD requests)
				if request.is_handled {
					# limit content-types we want to compress -> see mimetypes
					if response.header["Content-Type"] =~ "^(.*/javascript|text/.*)(;|$)" {
						deflate;
					}
				}
			};

			# now add do_deflate; in places where you want deflate. for example at the end of your config:

			do_deflate;
		</config>
	</example>

	<example title="Extended config (makes use of mod_cache_disk_etag)" anchor="#">
		<config>
			setup {
				module_load ("mod_deflate", "mod_cache_disk_etag");
			}

			# define our own "action"
			do_deflate = {
				# make sure static files get handled before we try deflate
				static;
				# we can only wait for response headers if we already have a request handler! (static only handles GET/HEAD requests)
				if request.is_handled {
					# limit content-types we want to compress -> see mimetypes
					if response.header["Content-Type"] =~ "^(.*/javascript|text/.*)(;|$)" {
						deflate;
						# the following block needs mod_cache_disk_etag (and is optional)
						# only cache compressed result of static files
						if physical.is_file {
							cache.disk.etag "/var/cache/lighttpd/cache_etag";
						}
					}
				}
			};

			# now add do_deflate; in places where you want deflate. for example at the end of your config:

			do_deflate;
		</config>
	</example>
</module>