Install dependencies for building packages...
sudo apt install dpkg-dev build-essential zlib1g-dev libpcre3 libpcre3-dev unzip
Go to build folder...
cd /usr/local/src
Get brotli module sources...
sudo git clone https://github.com/google/ngx_brotli
Get nginx sources and build dependencies
sudo apt source nginx
sudo apt build-dep nginx -y
Get into folder for nginx
cd /usr/local/src/nginx-*/
Edit the rules
sudo nano debian/rules
Put --add-module=/usr/local/src/ngx_brotli to all environments, remember to put a \ at the end of the last option.
sudo nano debian/changelog
Enter a package version that represents the current custom version, for example:
nginx (1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1-brotli) bionic; urgency=medium
Run the dpkg command below.
sudo dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc -us
- b: Build binary-only, no source files.
- uc: Unsigned .buildinfo and .changes file.
- us: unsigned source package.
When the build is complete, you will get the nginx-*.deb packages on the '/usr/local/src' directory as shown below.
Install the packages using the following command:
sudo dpkg -i nginx_1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1-brotli_all.deb nginx-common_1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1-brotli_all.deb nginx-core_1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1-brotli_amd64.deb libnginx-mod-stream_1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1-brotli_amd64.deb libnginx-mod-mail_1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1-brotli_amd64.deb libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter_1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1-brotli_amd64.deb libnginx-mod-http-image-filter_1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1-brotli_amd64.deb libnginx-mod-http-geoip_1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1-brotli_amd64.deb
Once installed check the current version and see if the module is compiled within the package:
nginx -V
Now edit the nginx config file.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
And add the brotli configuration to the http {} part:
brotli on;
brotli_comp_level 6;
brotli_static on;
brotli_types text/plain text/css application/javascript application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript image/x-icon image/vnd.microsoft.icon image/bmp image/svg+xml;
Check the configuration file:
sudo nginx -t
...and restart the nginx server
sudo service nginx restart
To prevent auto updates of the custom packages hold the current versions:
sudo apt-mark hold nginx*
sudo apt-mark hold libnginx*
Based on these tutorials: https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-install-nginx-with-brotli-compression-on-ubuntu-1804/ https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-ngx_pagespeed-to-nginx-on-ubuntu-14-04