Configuration example to enable gzip compression on Tomcat (server.xml file) :


<Connector port="8080" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"
        maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75"
        enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" acceptCount="100"
        connectionTimeout="20000" disableUploadTimeout="true"
        compression="on"
  		compressionMinSize="2048"
  		noCompressionUserAgents="gozilla, traviata"
  		compressableMimeType="text/html,text/xml,text/javascript"/>