How to enable apache2 cache to speed up your website on ubuntu

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First enable the mods:

sudo a2enmod file_cache

sudo a2enmod headers

sudo a2enmod expires

Then edit the virtual host:

pico /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

And add ifmodule between virtual host:

<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerName www.webleit.info

ServerAdmin admin@webleit.info

DocumentRoot /var/www/html

# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,

# error, crit, alert, emerg.

# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular

# modules, e.g.

#LogLevel info ssl:warn

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

#Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf

<IfModule mod_expires.c>

# Turn on the module.

ExpiresActive on

# Set the default expiry times.

ExpiresDefault "access plus 2 days"

ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType text/css "now plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType image/ico "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 month"

ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 600 seconds"

</IfModule>

</VirtualHost>

# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet

Then restart the apache service:

service apache2 restart