:: Nginx: enable gzip compression

:: How to enable gzip compression on nginx
+ configure nginx.conf

vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

add / setup compression for nginx:

gzip on;
gzip_http_version 1.0;
gzip_comp_level 2;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_min_length  1100;
gzip_buffers 16 8k;
gzip_types text/plain text/html text/css application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6].(?!.*SV1)";
gzip_vary on;

+ testing configuration and reload nginx

nginx -t
nginx -s reload

 
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