Server 500 error with mod_deflate in .htaccess

Question

When I enable mod_deflate in .htaccess under Apache 2.2.23, I get a site wide 500 server error.

Here is the code I am using:

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
# Don't compress certain content under Apache 2.x
<Location />
    SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
    SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI  \
    \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary
    SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI  \
    \.(?:exe|t?gz|zip|gz2|sit|rar)$ no-gzip dont-vary
    SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \/(shipments)\.php no-gzip dont-vary
    SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \/(modules)\/ no-gzip dont-vary
</Location>

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/* application/x-javascript application/javascript application/x-httpd-php application/rss+xml application/atom_xml

<ifmodule mod_headers.c>
    # properly handle requests coming from behind proxies
    Header append Vary User-Agent
</ifmodule>
</IfModule>

Any ideas what could be causing the error?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 06 '12 at 15:25

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The problem was with the "Location" tag. It does not belong there.

answered Dec 06 '12 at 15:25

eComEvo

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 06 '12 at 08:06

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A guess.....try removing the nested ifmodule construction and see what happens.

edited Dec 06 '12 at 08:06

EightBitTony

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answered Dec 06 '12 at 06:36

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Might be better as a comment on the original post rather than an answer, unless you can flesh this out a bit. – EightBitTony Dec 06 '12 at 08:05

Server 500 error with mod_deflate in .htaccess

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