Brotli is a free and open-source generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm that compresses data using various methods. It is similar in speed to deflate or gzip but offers more dense compression for Apache or Nginx web server.
| Tutorial details | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | Easy (rss) |
| Root privileges | Yes |
| Requirements | OpenSUSE Linux 15.1/15.2 with Nginx |
| Time | 5m |
OpenSUSE install Brotli module for Nginx
We can search for Nginx server using the zypper command as follows:
sudo zypper search nginx
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S | Name | Summary | Type
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| dehydrated-nginx | Nginx Integration for dehydrated | package
| fcgiwrap-nginx | System services for using fcgiwrap with nginx | package
i | nginx | A HTTP server and IMAP/POP3 proxy server | package
| nginx-geolite-asn | IP ASN geolocation databases for nginx | package
| nginx-geolite-city | Free IP city geolocation databases for nginx | package
| nginx-geolite-country | Free IP country geolocation databases for nginx | package
| nginx-ingress-controller | Kubernetes ingress controller for nginx | package
i+ | nginx-module-brotli | NGINX module for Brotli compression | package
| nginx-module-cookie-flag | The Nginx module for adding cookie flag | package
| nginx-module-devel-kit | Additional generic tools for nginx module development | package
| nginx-module-devel-kit-source | The nginx-module-devel-kit source | package
| nginx-module-http-auth-digest | Digest Authentication for Nginx | package
| nginx-module-http-substitutions-filter | Regular expression and fixed string substitutions nginx filter module | package
| nginx-module-modsecurity | ModSecurity v3 Nginx Connector | package
| nginx-module-set-misc | Various set_xxx directives added to nginx's rewrite module | package
| nginx-module-sticky-ng | Nginx module to add a sticky cookie to be forwarded to the same upstream server | package
| nginx-module-vts | Nginx virtual host traffic status module | package
| nginx-source | The nginx source | package
| pagure-web-nginx | Nginx configuration for Pagure | package
| pcp-pmda-nginx | Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for the Nginx Webserver | package
| python2-certbot-nginx | Nginx plugin for Certbot | package
| python3-certbot-nginx | Nginx plugin for Certbot | package
| rubygem-passenger-nginx | Passenger Nginx module | package
i+ | vim-plugin-nginx | VIM support for nginx config files | packageLet us install nginx and nginx-module-brotli.
Step 1 – Installing nginx on OpenSUSE
I am using openSUSE Leap version 15.2. I am going to install nginx/1.16.1 as follows:
sudo zypper install nginx vim-plugin-nginx
See “How to install and use Nginx on OpenSUSE Linux server” for more info.
Step 2 – Installing Brotli module for Nginx on OpenSUSE
Next, type the following command to install Brotil on OpenSUSE for freshly installed Nginx:
sudo zypper install nginx-module-brotli
Step 3 – OpenSUSE nginx config for Brotli
Edit the /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, run:
sudo vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Add/edit as follows after worker_processes auto; line:
load_module lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_http_brotli_static_module.so; load_module lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_http_brotli_filter_module.so;
Here is how my config file looks:
user nginx; worker_processes auto; # load_module lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_http_fancyindex_module.so; # load_module lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_http_geoip_module.so; load_module lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_http_headers_more_filter_module.so; # load_module lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_stream_module.so; load_module lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_http_brotli_static_module.so; load_module lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_http_brotli_filter_module.so; error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log; #error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log notice; #error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log info; pid /run/nginx.pid; worker_rlimit_nofile 65535; events { worker_connections 65535; use epoll; multi_accept on; } http { include mime.types; default_type application/octet-stream; log_format main '$remote_addr - $upstream_cache_status - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" ' '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" ' '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"'; access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main; charset utf-8; sendfile on; tcp_nopush on; tcp_nodelay on; keepalive_timeout 65; types_hash_max_size 2048; client_max_body_size 16M; server_tokens off; log_not_found off; include conf.d/*.conf; include vhosts.d/*.conf; }
Step 4 – Turn on brotli support for Nginx on OpenSUSE
Finally add the following in your server context. For instance I added the following to my /etc/nginx/vhosts.d/cyberciti.biz.conf file:
brotli on;
brotli_comp_level 6;
brotli_static on;
brotli_types application/atom+xml application/javascript application/json application/rss+xml
application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-font-opentype application/x-font-truetype
application/x-font-ttf application/x-javascript application/xhtml+xml application/xml
font/eot font/opentype font/otf font/truetype image/svg+xml image/vnd.microsoft.icon
image/x-icon image/x-win-bitmap text/css text/javascript text/plain text/xml;Step 5 – Restart or reload Nginx web server
Now that we installed and configured the Brotil module for Nginx. Check Nginx server config file for syntax errors:
nginx -t
We will see confirmation as follows:
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
No errors means we can gracefully restart Nginx web server after changes made:
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Check status of the Nginx server:
sudo systemctl status nginx
● nginx.service - The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Sat 2021-01-09 15:41:44 UTC; 6 days ago Process: 68339 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 539 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 543 (nginx) Tasks: 0 CGroup: /system.slice/nginx.service ├─ 543 nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon off; ├─68340 nginx: worker process └─68341 nginx: worker process Jan 14 15:56:53 opensuse-nixcraft systemd[1]: nginx.service: Failed to reset devices.list: Operation not permitted Jan 16 09:14:17 opensuse-nixcraft systemd[1]: Reloading The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server. Jan 16 09:14:17 opensuse-nixcraft systemd[1]: Reloaded The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server.
Step 4 – Test it
Open the terminal and type the following curl command to see if your website support content encoding using Brotli. The syntax is:
curl -sILH 'Accept-Encoding: br' https://www.cyberciti.biz
Testing Brotli support Nginx on OpenSUSE server
Related: How to find if a website using gzip / deflate compression using curl on Linux and Unix
Another option is to open Firefox/Chrome developer tools and look for the network tab. You must see Content-Encoding: br headers. That also confirms Brotil is working correctly on OpenSUSE Linux for the Nginx web server. For example:
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Summing up
And there you have it, and we added Brotli support for Nginx on the OpenSUSE Linux server. Please see ngx_brotli documentation on Github.
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