Why use deflate instead of gzip for text files served by Apache?

What advantages do either method offer for html, css and javascript files served by a LAMP server. Are there better alternatives? The server provides information to a map application using Json, so a high volume of small files. See also Is there any performance hit involved in choosing gzip over deflate for http compression? 9 … Read more

ab load testing

Can someone please walk me through the process of how I can load test my website using apache bench tool (ab)? I want to know the following: How many people per minute can the site handle? Please walk me through the commands I should run to figure this out. I tried every tutorial, and they … Read more

Apache Proxy: No protocol handler was valid

I am trying to proxy a subdirectory to another server. My httpd.conf: RewriteEngine On ProxyPreserveHost On RewriteRule .*subdir/ https://anotherserver/subdir/ [P] The problem is that Apache is always logging this: AH01144: No protocol handler was valid for the URL /subdir/. If you are using a DSO version of mod_proxy, make sure the proxy submodules are included … Read more

ssl_error_rx_record_too_long and Apache SSL [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 9 years ago. Improve this question I’ve got a customer trying to access one of my sites, and they keep getting this error > ssl_error_rx_record_too_long They’re getting this error … Read more

Tips for debugging .htaccess rewrite rules

Many posters have problems debugging their RewriteRule and RewriteCond statements within their .htaccess files. Most of these are using a shared hosting service and therefore don’t have access to the root server configuration. They cannot avoid using .htaccess files for rewriting and cannot enable a RewriteLogLevel” as many respondents suggest. Also there are many .htaccess-specific … Read more