From 06a5fb2adab413ff761a303d5de7914032b08ed2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Bernat Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 21:43:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] nginx: use a compression level of 5 in recommended configuration While there is little gain of space to use a compression level of 9, the CPU usage is significant. Many experiments point to use something between 4 and 6. For example: - https://mjanja.ch/2015/03/finding-the-nginx-gzip_comp_level-sweet-spot/ - https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-nginx/blob/3bda5b93edba147d51760e900c2079828a7dc274/nginx.conf#L93 --- nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix index 355976c4b7cbcb..4359b3f8b6f282 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ let gzip on; gzip_disable "msie6"; gzip_proxied any; - gzip_comp_level 9; + gzip_comp_level 5; gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript; gzip_vary on; ''}