mod_pagespeed (Website speed optimizer) is an open-source Apache module that automatically optimizes web pages and resources on them. It does this by rewriting the resources using filters that implement web performance best practices. It has several filters that automatically optimize files like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JPEG, PNG and other resources. Read more…
Installing mod_pagespeed module for Apache in RHEL/CentOS/Fedora 32 and 64 bit
First install at:
yum install at
Now download mod_pagespeed:
32 bit:
wget https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/linux/direct/mod-pagespeed-stable_current_i386.rpm
For installatio on RHEL/CentOS/Fedora, please execute (also as root):
rpm -U mod-pagespeed-stable_current_i386.rpm
64 bit:
wget https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/linux/direct/mod-pagespeed-stable_current_x86_64.rpm rpm -U mod-pagespeed-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
Installing mod_pagespeed module in Debian/Ubuntu
To install the packages, on Debian/Ubuntu, please run (as root) the following command:
32 bit:
wget https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/linux/direct/mod-pagespeed-stable_current_i386.deb dpkg -i mod-pagespeed-stable_current_i386.deb apt-get -f install
64 bit:
wget https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/linux/direct/mod-pagespeed-stable_current_amd64.deb dpkg -i mod-pagespeed-stable_current_amd64.deb apt-get -f install
Verifying mod_pagespeed Module for Apache
To verify mod_pagespeed module create info.php under root directory of Apache and add following lines of code to it.
Now,navigating your web browser to http://ip.add.re.ss/info.php. You will see “X-Mod-Pagespeed” section in the HTTP header.
