Even to most Internet professionals, the Apache web server software can be as perplexing as it is ubiquitous. Although not as comprehensive as the official 685-page documentation, this post outlines two useful features you can enable in the httpd.conf file to improve the performance of your web server: persistent connections and gzip compression.

Important note: An error in your Apache configuration can take all of your web sites offline. Please make a backup copy of the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file before you begin making modifications. Also remember that it is necessary to restart your account to apply either of the changes described below.

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