From aec466e75294be177f66472fcdbd392831b26fdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Lowrimore Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:36:16 -0500 Subject: added details to section 4.1.2 of the Asset Pipeline guide, describing how to configure Apache to serve the gzipped version of the precompiled assets --- guides/source/asset_pipeline.md | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'guides/source') diff --git a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md index e939606c88..aa0e0a3042 100644 --- a/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md +++ b/guides/source/asset_pipeline.md @@ -547,7 +547,35 @@ This directive is available if the core module that provides this feature was co If you're compiling nginx with Phusion Passenger you'll need to pass that option when prompted. -A robust configuration for Apache is possible but tricky; please Google around. (Or help update this Guide if you have a good example configuration for Apache.) +Apache is also able to serve the [gzipped](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip) version of your assets; however, it requires a bit more work: + +```apache + + Header unset ETag + FileETag None + + # RFC says only cache for 1 year + ExpiresActive On + ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year" + + RewriteEngine On + RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip + RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !Konqueror + RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.gz -f + RewriteRule ^(.+).(css|js)$ $1.$2.gz [QSA,L] + + + + ForceType text/css + + + + ForceType application/javascript + +AddEncoding gzip .gz +``` + +NOTE: You will need to make sure `mod_headers`, `mod_mime` and `mod_rewrite` are loaded; otherwise, the above configuration will fail. ### Local Precompilation -- cgit v1.2.3