Is it possible to use AWS Beanstalk's .ebextensions config to install mod_pagespeed Apache module?

Question

I\'m using AWS Beanstalk for my Django/Python application, and I would like to use Google\'s mod_pagespeed module. Is it possible to install and run mod_pagespeed using the

Answer 1

Ok so I want to add Charlie Smith's answer. I would suggest you make sure you have the following things turned on.

1. mod_deflate - You probably want to Gzip your html, css, xml, and javascript.
2. Enable the rewrite domains filter in your Apache.conf if you use CDN (ex. AWS CloudFront)
3. Set a short cache-control for images and css so pagespeed will be able to extend the cache when you turn on the extend_cache filter.
4. I also like the rewrite_javascript, dns_prefetch, collapse_whitespace, and combine_javascript filters.

Here are the GitHub Gists that show you how its done.

• The apache conf file
• The Beanstalk container_commands (they are mostly the same as Charlie's)