magento performance optimization 101
DESCRIPTION
A complete guide of optimizing Magento performance systematically, including LAMP(Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) optimization, tuning inside Magento and useful tools.TRANSCRIPT
Performance paradigm
Basic rules of website performance
Optimize LAMP stack
Tweak Magento box
Tools & utilities
Donald Knuth says “Premature optimization is the root of all evil”
... so choose the right time to start your optimization
Performance optimization is an ever going task
… so don’t think your optimization is “once for all”,
keep identifying the bottleneck of your site and
make improvement little by little
Process your page as quickly as
possible
Transfer your content as quickly
as possible
Render your page as quickly as
possible
Server side Network/HTTP Browser
Performance optimization
#1: Make Fewer HTTP Requests #2: Use a Content Delivery Network #3: Add an Expires Header #4: Gzip Components #5: Put Stylesheets at the Top #6: Put Scripts at the Bottom #7: Avoid CSS Expressions #8: Make JavaScript and CSS External #9: Reduce DNS Lookups #10: Minify JavaScript #11: Avoid Redirects #12: Remove Duplicate Scripts #13: Configure Etags #14: Make AJAX Cacheable
---- High Performance Web Sites by Steve Souders
Install a minimal Linux distribution with necessary packages only, get rid of GUI, X-window etc.
Stop and disable the unused services, e.g. cups
Tweak kernel parameters:# echo '8192' > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
# echo '32768' > /proc/sys/fs/inode-max
# echo 268435456 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmall
# echo 268435456 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
# ulimit -n 4096
Compile required modules statically instead of DSO(Dynamic Shared Object), and disabled useless modules
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache2 --disable-status --disable-userdir --disable-threads --disable-ipv6 --enable-modules='ssl so rewrite deflate headers expires'
Why? http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/dso.html#advantages
“DSO has the following disadvantages”
Open .htaccess under Magento root directory, uncomment the directives between “<IfModulemod_deflate.c>” and “</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary
Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
</IfModule>
Open .htaccess and use following lines to replace the section between “<IfModule mod_expires.c>” and “</IfModule>”
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/plain "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 1 month"
</IfModule>
Open .httaccess and scroll to the end, uncomment the directive “FileETag none”, also add several lines more if you haven’t enabled KeepAlive in httpd.conf
FileETag None
KeepAlive On
MaxKeepAliveRequests 200
KeepAliveTimeout 5
Open your my.cnf and update the following parameters:
skip-name-resolve
innodb_buffer_pool_size=768M
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=2
As time goes by, use Tuning Primer to check your MySQL status and adjust configuration accordingly
Similar as compiling Apache, compile required extensions statically and disable unused modules
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/etc/php --with-png-dir --with-jpeg-dir --with-gd --with-curl --with-zlib --enable-mbstring --with-mcrypt --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-mysql=/usr/bin/mysql --with-mysqli --enable-pdo --with-pdo-mysql=/usr/bin/mysql --without-pdo-sqlite --with-openssl
Download latest stable version from eaccelerator.net
Compile by enabling Shared Memory(for Magento cache, will talk about this later)
./configure --with-eaccelerator-shared-memory--enable-eaccelerator=shared --with-php-config=/usr/local/php/bin/php-config
Add an Expires Header
Gzip Components
Configure Etags
A lightweight LAMP stack which can boost your website performance maximally
A fast-enough environment to run Magento efficiently
Let’s move to Magento box!
Cache with multiple adaptors
Compiler
Combine CSS & JS files
Parallel Downloads
Go to Magento Admin Panel System Cache Management
All Cache Enable Layered Navigation Yes
Admin Panel System Configuration Catalog Frontend
Use Flat Catalog Category Yes Use Flat Catalog Product Yes
Open {Magento_root}/app/etc/local.xml, add the following three lines
...
</resources>
<session_save><![CDATA[files]]></session_save>
<cache>
<backend>eaccelerator</backend>
</cache>
</global>
...
Admin Panel System Tools Compilation Run Compilation Process
Admin Panel System Configuration Developer
Javascript Settings Merge Javascript Files Yes
CSS Settings Merge CSS Files Yes
Set up the following separate domains and point the VirtualHost DocumentRoot to corresponding paths under Magento folder
js.foo.com {Magento_root}/js media.foo.com {Magento_root}/media skin.foo.com {Magento_root}/skin
Then go to Admin Panel System Configuration Website Unsecure, and configure the Basic URLs accordingly
Make Fewer HTTP Requests
Put Stylesheets at the Top
Make JavaScript and CSS External
Reduce DNS Lookups
Minify JavaScript
Make Fewer HTTP Requests Add an Expires Header Gzip Components Put Stylesheets at the Top Avoid CSS Expressions (applies by default) Make JavaScript and CSS External Reduce DNS Lookups Minify JavaScript Avoid Redirects (applies by default) Remove Duplicate Scripts (applies by default) Configure Etags Make AJAX Cacheable (applies by default)
You’ve made 12/14! That’s GREAT enough for a site at the beginning, agree?
Firebug http://getfirebug.com/
YSlow http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/
Page Speed http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/docs/using.html
Tuning Primer http://forge.mysql.com/projects/project.php?id=44
WebPagetest http://www.webpagetest.org/
For more practices, go to Magento performance and optimization group