I have an nginx instance built with the gzip_static module
nginx version: nginx/1.2.6
built by gcc 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-11)
TLS SNI support disabled
configure arguments: --prefix=/home/nginx --user=nginx --group=nginx
--without-http_autoindex_module --without-http_empty_gif_module
--without-http_scgi_module --with-http_ssl_module
--with-http_gzip_static_module --with-pcre=./library/pcre-8.32/
--with-zlib=./library/zlib-1.2.7/
My configuration file has the option turned on:
http {
include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
gzip off;
gzip_static on;
gzip_vary on;
server {
listen 8080;
server_name localhost;
location / {
root html;
index index.html index.htm;
}
}
}
And I have a gzipped version of the file I'm looking to request in the same directory as the uncompressed file and both have the same timestamp.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123 2013-03-28 16:42:46.000000000 ../html/test.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 121 2013-03-28 16:42:46.000000000 ../html/test.html.gz
When I make a request I verified the Accept-Encoding:gzip,deflate,sdch
header is being sent. The request is also HTTP 1.1.
I can see via strace
that the file is being opened, but because the content of the compressed file is different from the uncompressed, I know it's not returning the .gz
version.
recv(3, "GET /test.html HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: x"..., 1024, 0) = 98
open("/home/nginx/html/test.html.gz", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
open("/home/nginx/html/test.html", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = 7
I feel like I'm missing something fundamental here. I've read all I could find about the subject, but I think I'm at the end of my abilities.
Could someone please help me to understand where I've gone wrong or what I can do to further troubleshoot this problem?
Thank you.