Question:
I think to try to speed up my web app by resizing the size of transferred data. For example, in nginx there is a special module. How to enable compression for JBoss server?
Answer:
JBoss as version 6 or lower
To enable gzip compression, settings need to be added to your existing HTTP connector.
Located/server/default/deploy/jbossweb.sar/server.xml
:
<!-- A HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080 --><Connector protocol="HTTP/1.1" port="${jboss.web.http.port}" address="${jboss.bind.address}" redirectPort="${jboss.web.https.port}"compression="force"compressionMinSize="512"noCompressionUserAgents=""compressableMimeType="text/html,text/xml,text/css,text/javascript"/>
JBoss as 7.0.x
JBoss 7.0.x-7.1.0 have no support for gzip compression build in.
See also issue report at: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-2991
One way to add gzip compression in JBoss 7.0 is to add is as filter.
For details: https://code.google.com/p/webutilities/wiki/CompressionFilter
JBoss as 7.1.1
Just recently JBoss finished adding gzip compression to JBoss. As of version 7.1.1final, Gzip compression is supported out of the box again. To enable, add to the server launch Params:
-Dorg.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol.COMPRESSION=on
Referene from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12590521/how-to-configure-gzip-for-jboss
How to configure gzip for JBoss? --- Refer