mod_proxy_html, HTML rewrite and content compression

Thomas Eckert <Thomas.Eckert@xxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:53:19 +0100

Hi folks

I'm using apache (2.4.3) as reverse proxy with mod_proxy_html (as 

delivered with 2.4.3) and encountered an issue using HTML rewriting in 

combination with content compression, as with the "Accept-Encoding" and 

"Content-Encoding" HTTP headers.

This issue has been encountered by numerous people and the solution 

presented always comes down to setting the output filters "manually" 

instead of using the mod_proxy_html directive to do it (e.g. see 

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-908890-start-0.html). So it boils 

down to setting

        SetOutputFilter INFLATE;proxy-html;DEFLATE
instead of
        ProxyHTMLEnable On

In my test setup this actually solved the problem but it has a side 

effect which I am worried about.

In file modules/filters/mod_proxy_html.c function proxy_html_insert() 

it's clearly visible the xml2enc function is only called if cfg->enabled 

is set - which in turn is set via the ProxyHTMLEnable directive as 

declared with

AP_INIT_FLAG("ProxyHTMLEnable", ap_set_flag_slot,
                 (void*)APR_OFFSETOF(proxy_html_conf, enabled),
                 RSRC_CONF|ACCESS_CONF,
                 "Enable proxy-html and xml2enc filters")

I took a look at mod_xml2enc to see if there was a directive which I 

could use to establish the filtering in a way that matches the 

ProxyHTMLEnable directive but I could fine none.

Is there a way to work around this ? I do want the call to mod_xml2enc 

to happen but I also want the reverse proxy to support content compression.

Any suggestions on how to go forward/where to dig on this issue ?

Regards,
  Thomas

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