Gzip change the file like below /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
http {
gzip on;
gzip_disable "msie6";
gzip_vary on;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_buffers 32 16k;
gzip_http_version 1.1;
gzip_min_length 250;
gzip_types image/jpeg image/bmp image/svg+xml text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript image/x-icon;
}If you’re installed, bortli then, you can add the below lines
load_module modules/ngx_http_brotli_static_module.so;
load_module modules/ngx_http_brotli_filter_module.so;
http {
brotli on;
brotli_comp_level 4;
brotli_buffers 32 8k;
brotli_min_length 100;
brotli_static on;
brotli_types image/jpeg image/bmp image/svg+xml text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript image/x-icon;
}Improving server security, this is depending on your application remove # tag from the below lines /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
http {
# add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always;
# add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" always;
# add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
# add_header Referrer-Policy "no-referrer-when-downgrade" always;
# add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src * data: 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline'" always;
# add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload" always;
}Optimize SSL & Session /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
http {
ssl_stapling on;
ssl_stapling_verify on;
resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 valid=60s;
resolver_timeout 2s;
}Improve performance by using http2 like below /etc/nginx/sites-available/your-domain.com
server{
listen 443 http2;
listen [::]:443 http2;
server_name your-domain.com;
}Browser side max cache Images, CSS, JS files /etc/nginx/sites-available/your-domain.com
server {
location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico)$ {
expires 30d;
}
location ~* \.(css|js)$ {
expires 7d;
}
}After saving the above file, then, run the below command
nginx -t
systemctl restart nginx.service