Enabling HTTP/2 on Apache 2.4 on Debian or Ubuntu
Apache 2.4.17 ships with mod_http2. Available in Debian 9 (stretch) and Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) (see comments) Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak), it brings HTTP/2 support to one of the Internet’s popular Web servers. Assuming you’ve already configured a SSL/TLS Website, this quick tutorial will show you how to quickly enable HTTP/2.
Based on mod_h2, the module is still very experimental. It should be enabled manually, on a site-by-site basis, via the Protocols directive. The module’s defaults otherwise don’t need to be changed.
First, enable the module:
sudo a2enmod http2
In the <VirtualHost> stanzas for your Website served over TLS in your Apache configuration, add the Protocols directive:
<VirtualHost *:443> ServerName example.com Protocols h2 http/1.1 # Other configuration stuff here… </VirtualHost>
Restart Apache:
sudo service apache2 restart
If you’ve curl 7.34.0 or later, you can test whether HTTP/2 is working by running:
curl -k -v --http2 https://example.com/
and look for mentions of “http2”.
While you’re fiddling with your Web server configuration, consider updating your SSL settings with Mozilla’s great SSL configuration generator.
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