Enable GZIP for CSS and JS files on NGINX server for Magento
This is an working config that I currently use in production.
http://pastie.org/10870547
gzip on;
gzip_disable "msie6";
gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_min_length 1100;
gzip_buffers 16 8k;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_types
text/plain
text/css
text/js
text/xml
text/javascript
application/javascript
application/json
application/xml
application/rss+xml
image/svg+xml;
This config was tested via tools.pingdom.com.
You can find example configuration from the html5 boilerplate code.
# Enable Gzip gzip on; gzip_http_version 1.0; gzip_comp_level 2; gzip_min_length 1100; gzip_buffers 4 8k; gzip_proxied any; gzip_types # text/html is always compressed by HttpGzipModule text/css text/javascript text/xml text/plain text/x-component application/javascript application/json application/xml application/rss+xml font/truetype font/opentype application/vnd.ms-fontobject image/svg+xml; gzip_static on; gzip_proxied expired no-cache no-store private auth; gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\."; gzip_vary on;