How to configure gzip compression with NGINX?

1. Go to terminal and login via ssh root/user.

2. Go to Nginx configuration file.

Note: If you have more then one sites( separate vhost), then go to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/yoursite.conf and add or uncomment all below lines.

# Gzip Settings

        gzip on;

gzip_vary on;

   gzip_proxied any;

   gzip_comp_level 6;

   gzip_buffers 16 8k;

   gzip_http_version 1.1;

        gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

wq!

Save file and quite.

3. Run the below command to check syntax of your update config file.

4. Now restart the service of Nginx.