X-SENDFILE and X-ACCEL Support

The use of X-SENDFILE (Apache) or X-ACCEL (NGINX) reduces the load on the server when delivering the media, as these are then delivered directly via the web server and not via PHP.

X-SENDFILE for Apache Webserver

First, the required Apache module must be installed:

apt install libapache2-mod-xsendfile

We then add the Apache vHost configuration under /etc/apache2/sites-available as follows:

<IfModule mod_xsendfile.c>
      XSendFile on
      SetEnv MOD_X_SENDFILE_ENABLED 1
      XSendFilePath /var/www/html             # Absolute path to the VIMP Installation-Directory (the directory containing web - not web itself)
</IfModule>

Now the Apache only needs to be restarted:

systemctl restart apache2

X-ACCEL for NGINX Webserver

We first define a new location for NGINX:

location /accl/ { 
  internal;  
  alias /var/www/html/;            # Absolute path to the VIMP Installation-Directory (the directory containing web - not web itself)
}

We then add an FCGI parameter within the main location, which starts as follows:

location ~ ^/(index|frontend_dev|frontend_cache|backend|backend_dev|

Here we add the following:

fastcgi_param X_ACCEL_AVAILABLE /accl/;           # Has to be the name of the location created on the previous step (in this example "/accl/")

And restart NGINX:

systemctl restart nginx

Done - the files are now delivered directly via the web server.