Can't get mod_expires to work on an EC2 Bitnami image

gthman 2014-11-12 23:04:35 UTC #1

I've been unable to successfully get a client's website to set expires. They're running a bitnami cloud image on an EC2 instance. Things I've tried:

Loading the mod_expires module into apache with httpd.conf
Specifically: "LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so"
Using the wordpress plugin "W3 Total Cache"
This plugin fails to detect the mod_expires module, but I am fairly sure that it ships with bitnami
editing .htaccess directly
Using ExpiresActive On ExpiresDefault "access plus 90 days"
The tutorial here: http://www.theitbaby.com/wordpress/2013/10/14/optimizing-bitnami-for-pagespeed-insights-and-gtmetrix/
Strangely, apache complains when I use the code provided in the above mentioned tutorial gives me an error saying that ExpiresByType takes two arguments. When I change "access plus 9 months" to "A2592000" it seems to go back to working.

I'm out of options left to try and low on hope. Any ideas?

carlos_corrales 2014-11-13 08:45:53 UTC #2

Hi @gthman,

I have some questions for you.
1-2) Did you restarted Apache after doing that modification in httpd.conf file? It needs to be done
3) Maybe related to the above thing.

Could you please confirm?

gthman 2014-11-13 16:44:37 UTC #3

I did restart apache after every step.

It turns out that I had forgot to change allowoverride to all

gthman 2014-11-13 17:05:35 UTC #4

Also, sorry to bother you, but could you change that previous mention of my username to my current one?

carlos_corrales 2014-11-13 17:51:28 UTC #5

Hi @gthman,

I'm glad it worked finally! I changed also the mention, sorry about that!

system 2017-11-16 13:11:27 UTC #6

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