compress responses

Author: ngalaiko

Dockerfile

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RUN \
           exit 1; \
     esac; \
     rm -rf "/tmp/*"; \
-    apk add --update --no-cache goaccess nginx
+    apk add --update --no-cache goaccess nginx nginx-mod-http-brotli
 COPY --from=build /app/www /var/www/allabiografer.se
 COPY etc /etc
 COPY init-wrapper /

etc/nginx/nginx.conf

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+load_module modules/ngx_http_brotli_filter_module.so;
+load_module modules/ngx_http_brotli_static_module.so;
+
 worker_processes 1;
 
 events {
@@ -17,5 +20,19 @@ http {
 
     access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
 
+    # Brotli compression (preferred, ~15-20% better than gzip)
+    brotli on;
+    brotli_comp_level 6;
+    brotli_min_length 256;
+    brotli_types text/css;
+
+    # Gzip fallback for older clients
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_vary on;
+    gzip_proxied any;
+    gzip_comp_level 6;
+    gzip_min_length 256;
+    gzip_types text/css;
+
     include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
 }