Brotli 是 google 开发的文本压缩算法,比起gzip可能会有高达37%的提升。主流浏览器都支持br算法,建议大家升级改算法。使用算法的前提是启用了 https,因为 http 请求中 request header 里的 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate 是没有 br 的。
下载必要软件
ngx_brotli官网
https://github.com/google/ngx_brotli
下载ngx_brotli
# cd /usr/local/src/
# yum install git -y
# git clone https://github.com/google/ngx_brotli
# cd ngx_brotli
# git submodule update --init
下载Nginx
# yum install wget gcc pcre-devel zlib-devel openssl openssl-devel -y
# cd /usr/local/src/
# wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.20.0.tar.gz
# tar -zxvf nginx-1.20.0.tar.gz
# cd nginx-1.20.0
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/nginx --add-module=/usr/local/src/ngx_brotli --with-http_ssl_module
# make && make install
配置Nginx的全局配置文件
本篇教程Nginx配置文件在/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
在http {配置段中适当的位置添加
#Brotli Compression brotli on; brotli_comp_level 6; brotli_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript application/javascript image/svg+xml;
Brotli和gzip是可以并存的,无需关闭gzip。
http {
...
# gzip
gzip on;
gzip_min_length 1k;
gzip_buffers 4 32k;
gzip_http_version 1.1;
gzip_comp_level 5;
gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript application/javascript;
gzip_vary on;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";
# brotli
brotli on;
brotli_comp_level 6;
brotli_buffers 16 8k;
brotli_min_length 20;
brotli_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript application/javascript image/svg+xml;
...
}验证配置文件是否正常
# /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx -t
重启Nginx服务
测试
# curl -IL https://blog.ahaoyw.com/ -H "Accept-Encoding: br"

使用浏览器工具
检查(按F12) > Network > Headers > "Response Headers" > "Content-Encoding" header,发现有content-encoding:br


