.htaccess mod_deflate.c and mod_expires.c directives from Apache to litespeed

SupermanInNY

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Ubuntu server 20.04 with litespeed
I'm trying to fix tools.pingdom issues of of a wordpress site.

1.Compress components with gzip
2. Add Expires headers
3. Make fewer HTTP requests

The .htaccess directives that I used in centos with Apache don't seem to work with litespeed.

<IfModule mod_deflate.c> <<== feels that this is the wrong directive for litespeed
# Compress HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Text, XML and fonts
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobject
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-opentype
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-otf
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-truetype
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/opentype
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/otf
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/ttf
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
</IfModule>
# END DEFLATE COMPRESSION
# END COMPRESSION
<IfModule mod_expires.c> <<== feels that this is the wrong directive for litespeed
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresByType text/html "access 2 day"
ExpiresByType text/css "access 2 day"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/plain "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/pdf "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access 1 month"
ExpiresDefault "access 2 days"
</IfModule>

# /usr/local/lsws/bin/lshttpd -version
LiteSpeed/1.7.7 Open
module versions:
modgzip 1.1
cache 1.62
modinspector 1.1
uploadprogress 1.1
mod_security 1.4
(built: Wed 09 Dec 2020 05:16:47 PM UTC)
module versions:
modgzip 1.1
cache 1.62
modinspector 1.1
uploadprogress 1.1
mod_security 1.4




any pointers?
Thanks,

-Sup.
 
Last edited:
GZIP/Brotli Compression is enabled on OLS by default so should already be present but it doesn't cover may different file types. The default types are text/*, application/x-javascript, application/xml, application/javascript, image/svg+xml,application/rss+xml.

Are you wanting to change Compression/Browser Cache server wide or add into individual .htaccess files?
 
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