Instructions for Episode 70

changes to nginx.conf

# Top of file, in the main block, add the following

# Compress responses on-the-fly.
load_module modules/ngx_http_brotli_filter_module.so;

# Serve pre-compressed files.
# Both modules could be used separately
load_module modules/ngx_http_brotli_static_module.so;

# ...

# in the http block, after your gzip settings, add the following:
    brotli on;
    brotli_comp_level 4;
    brotli_types text/plain text/css application/javascript application/json image/svg+xml application/xml+rss;

    brotli_static on;

installing_brotli_nginx.bash

# This is to be run manually from the command line, not as a bash script
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:hda-me/nginx-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install brotli nginx nginx-module-brotli

# Ensure brotli is properly installed. After the following command, you should see:
# --add-dynamic-module=debian/extra/ngx_brotli
nginx -V 2>&1 | tr ' '  '\n' | grep brotli

sudo vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
# make changes
sudo systemctl restart nginx