---
title: "Debian 7 SPDY setup"
date: "2013-11-22"
path: "/168-debian-7-spdy-setup.html"
section: "/ramblings"
aliases:
  - "/168"
  - "/168-debian-7-spdy-setup"
  - "/168.html"
  - "/ramblings/168-debian-7-spdy-setup.html"
---

Get the latest spdy module:

```
wget https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/linux/direct/mod-spdy-beta_current_amd64.deb
```

Install the package:

```
dpkg -i mod-spdy-*.deb
```

Resulting in:

```
Selecting previously unselected package mod-spdy-beta.
(Reading database ... 91969 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mod-spdy-beta (from mod-spdy-beta_current_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up mod-spdy-beta (0.9.4.1-r397) ...
Enabling module spdy.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  service apache2 restart
```

Check the configuration:

```
nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/spdy.conf
```

Restart apache:

```
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
```

Done. Now you can test with a browser.