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Bringing Mod_pagespeed 1.14.36.1 to EA?

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Hi, Im considering migrating to cloudlinux from centos, and would like to use official ea4 mod pagespeed module, but it looks like EA4 only supports 1.13.35.2 instead of latest, final 1.14.36.1

Is there a way to bring this to EA4? Even if it's an old plugin 

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  • quietFinn

    CloudLinux v8.10 cPanel Version 132.0.26 in EasyApache there is mod_pagespeed 1.14.36.1-2.2.3.cloudlinux

     

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    Thank you very much for taking your time to review it. 

     

    On CentOS here for me it says 

    1.14.36.1-2.2.46.cpanel

    So wondering if I have newer version...

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  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator

    The version that you've listed is the latest one included in EasyApache, so you aren't missing any updates at this point.

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    • Edited

    Thank you, I've installed mod pagespeed via EA4 and it says there 1.14 but all site headers still has "1.13.35.2-0", is this a known bug or expected result?

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  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator

    Just so I can confirm this on my end, can you let me know how you're checking the headers?  

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    • Edited

    Hi, sure. https://httpstatus.io or any ste, wget does it too, but I just got confirmation from the server team:

     

    We investigated this thoroughly and you were absolutely right. The EA4 package is named 1.14.36.1 but actually ships 1.13.35.2 binaries. We confirmed this by checking the actual module file after a fresh reinstall and it still reports 1.13.35.2. The source RPM from EA4 is also suspiciously small at just 12kb which confirms it is not a proper build.

    This is a known EA4/cPanel packaging issue and unfortunately there is nothing we can do from our end to resolve it. 

     

    So it looks like a misleading version on ea4's end, do i need to submit this anywhere or this thread will do? To fix it. Tried cpanel support ticket but I dont buy script directly from cpanel, so can't even submit a ticket :(

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  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator

    Let me reach out to the team about this and I'll send you an update once I know more!

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  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator

    Our team has created case EA-13373 to get this resolved in the EasyApache system.  I've linked this thread to the case so when I hear an update I'll be sure to post!

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    Thank you very much!!!!!!

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  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator

    You're very welcome :)

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  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator

    Update - I believe this fix is going out later today!

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  • A B

    Oh wow, thank you, how do I know build / check if it's been pushed and my EA4 is the fixed one?

    Is this part of WHM 134 release / changelog?

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  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator

    The update is going to go out this afternoon, but you'll see the change log posted here: https://docs.cpanel.net/changelogs/easyapache-4-change-log-25/

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    Thank you, so it looks like it's now showing 1.13, but it's not the latest build as expected. Do you know if cPanel plans to push 1.14 which is the final final built? 1.14.36.1-incubator-RC0/x64, it's from 2018

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  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator

    That one I don't know - the goal with this fix was to ensure the correct piece of software was being delivered that matched the name.

    I'll look into this and get you more information but it'll likely be early next week before I have an answer.

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  • A B

    Thank you so much, appreciate it 

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  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator

    At this time we don't plan to release an update for the package.  Since development hasn't been happening there for several years we don't want to provide an "update" on our end that may conuse users and give them the illusion that this is a project that is actively maintained.

    Reference data here - https://modpagespeed.com/blog/mod-pagespeed-alternatives/

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    Thank you :(

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  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator

    I know that wasn't the news you wanted :(

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  • Otto van

    Hi! I'm a maintainer of the module, I worked on the last few Google signed releases, happy to help here.

    First the version numbering, because it's genuinely confusing: 1.14.36.1 was Google's final release before they wound the project down and the cPanel package (apache/incubator-pagespeed-cpanel) was archived in 2023: while the module had many many consumers, I ended up being the only one contributing to maintenance and development. I assisted with maintaining mod_pagespeed and ngx_pagespeed during its Google years, and my company (We-Amp) has kept it under active development since (we sell an microsoft IIS port). Our current line is 1.15 — the maintained continuation of the same codebase, the direct successor to Google's 1.14.36.1, and ahead of the 1.13.35.2 that still ships in EasyApache 4. So it's not an old plugin; it's the newest maintained build.

    We now also publish signed ea-apache24-mod_pagespeed RPMs for EA4 on the EL9 family, x86_64 (GPG key rsa4096/F50D6054F10712A0). I've validated on AlmaLinux 9 and Rocky 9. Since you're moving to CloudLinux 9 — it's EL9-based, so the same build drops in; you'd be the first I know of to run it under CageFS/mod_lsapi, and I'll gladly help you confirm it as you migrate. (No EL8 build yet in this line — the binary's glibc baseline is newer than EL8 ships.)

    Install is the standard EA4 path:

    curl -fsSL https://packages.modpagespeed.com/install.sh | sh
sudo dnf install ea-apache24-mod_pagespeed

    …then enable it under WHM › EasyApache 4 › Customize › Apache Modules and Provision (the WHM checkbox now pulls our 1.15 build). Full walkthrough: https://modpagespeed.com/1.1/cpanel/

    On licensing: it installs and fully optimizes unlicensed — without a license it just adds an X-PageSpeed-Warn: unlicensed response header plus an admin-console/startup notice; a commercial license (required for production use) clears it. Activate or buy from /pagespeed_global_admin on the server.

    Otto

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