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How to configure compression and caching in Plesk on Windows?

Samuel Figueredo
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Plesk for Windows kb: how-to ABT: Group A

Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Windows

Question

How to configure compression and caching in Plesk on Windows?

Answer

To enable IIS Dynamic Compression, install this component using Plesk Installer (Plesk Hosting features > Dynamic Content Compression).

For Plesk Onyx 17.5 and below, use the following instructions:

How to manually enable/disable GZip compression:

  1. Connect to the server via RDP.

  2. Install dynamic compression and static compression features:

    PS Install-WindowsFeature Web-Dyn-Compression

    PS Install-WindowsFeature Web-Stat-Compression

  3. Navigate to IIS Manager > Sites > example.com.

  4. Open Compression settings:

    2018-11-07_21_08_58-10.39.91.11_-_Remote_Desktop_Connection.png

  5. Set the desired values for Enable dynamic content compression and Enable static content compression parameters.

  6. Apply changes.

How to manually enable/disable IIS caching

  1. Connect to the server via RDP.

  2. Navigate to IIS Manager > Sites > example.com.

  3. Open Configuration editor:

    2018-11-07_21_12_56-10.39.91.11_-_Remote_Desktop_Connection.png

  4. Select system.webServer/caching section:

    2018-11-07_21_13_16-10.39.91.11_-_Remote_Desktop_Connection.png

  5. Set the desired values for enabled and enableKernelCache parameters.

  6. Apply changes.

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