Bash script for automating dynamic module creation and installation of Brotli on NGINX.

mkbrotli

#!/bin/bash
# https://www.majlovesreg.one/tag/code/
# https://www.majlovesreg.one/adding-brotli-to-a-running-nginx-instance

# For custom NGINX version, use:
# ngver=1.14.2

# For automated detection of installed NGINX, use:
ngver=$(nginx -v 2>&1 | grep -oP '(?<=/).*')

moddir=/usr/share/nginx/modules/

# Install needed development packages if not yet installed in your system
# sudo apt -y install git libpcre3 libpcre3-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev openssl libssl-dev

# Download and unpack NGINX
wget https://nginx.org/download/nginx-${ngver}.tar.gz && tar zxf nginx-${ngver}.tar.gz && rm nginx-${ngver}.tar.gz

# Download, initialize, and make Brotli for NGINX
git clone https://github.com/eustas/ngx_brotli.git
cd ngx_brotli && git submodule update --init && cd ../nginx-${ngver}
./configure --with-compat --add-dynamic-module=../ngx_brotli
make modules

# Copy modules to you modules directory, i.e. /usr/share/nginx/modules/
sudo cp objs/*.so ${moddir}
sudo chmod 644 ${moddir}ngx_http_brotli_filter_module.so
sudo chmod 644 ${moddir}ngx_http_brotli_static_module.so

# Start or reload NGINX
if [ $(nginx -t) ]; then systemctl is-active --quiet nginx && sudo systemctl --no-pager reload nginx || sudo systemctl --no-pager start nginx; fi
systemctl --no-pager status nginx