Nginx With Gzip On Ubuntu Jaunty

I just noticed that the latest version of Nginx available on Jaunty repositories was [1] the latest legacy version (0.6.x) instead of the latest stable version (0.7.x), and [2] not compiled with gzip compression enabled.

To solve both problems, I had to compile Nginx from source with --with-http_gzip_static_module option. By default, Nginx would be installed at /usr/local. I would rather keep the locations consistent with those used in the precompiled packages from the repositories, so I ended up having to use the following configure options:

./configure \
--prefix=/usr \
--conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
--error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log \
--pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid \
--lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock \
--http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log \
--with-http_dav_module \
--http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body \
--with-http_ssl_module \
--http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy \
--with-http_stub_status_module \
--http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi \
--with-debug \
--with-http_flv_module \
--with-http_gzip_static_module
make
sudo make install

nginx path prefix: "/usr"
nginx binary file: "/usr/sbin/nginx"
nginx configuration prefix: "/etc/nginx"
nginx configuration file: "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf"
nginx pid file: "/var/run/nginx.pid"
nginx error log file: "/var/log/nginx/error.log"
nginx http access log file: "/var/log/nginx/access.log"
nginx http client request body temporary files: "/var/lib/nginx/body"
nginx http proxy temporary files: "/var/lib/nginx/proxy"
nginx http fastcgi temporary files: "/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi"

And voila.

foo> nginx -v
nginx version: nginx/0.7.67

The gzip settings in my nginx.conf:

    gzip  on;
    gzip_http_version 1.1;
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_comp_level 6;
    gzip_proxied any;
    gzip_types text/plain text/html text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
    gzip_buffers 16 8k;

Crank That Beijing

I know it’s old, but it has to be done in Beijing.

On The Great Wall of China.

In front of National Stadium.

In front of National Aquatics Center.

And on the security monitor at the Huixinxijie Nankou station.
I hope that guy staring at me wasn’t the Chinese Secret Service.

For reference, check out the HOWTO, Dwight Howard style, MIT style, Filipino Prison style, more stuffs on YouTube.

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