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Status: This OS is no longer supported<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

This article, “Speed-up NGINX using ngx_pagespeed on CentOS 6,” covers a version of CentOS that reached end of life (EOL). It is no longer supported. As such, this guide is no longer maintained. If you are currently operating a server running CentOS 6, we highly recommend contacting RoseHosting’s fully managed support<\/a>. They can upgrade or migrate you to a supported version of AlmaLinux.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"Speed-up<\/a>The following article will guide you through the steps of compiling and installing Nginx<\/strong> and ngx_pagespeed<\/strong> module on your Linux VPS<\/p>\n

Using ngx_pagespeed<\/a> you can significantly speed-up your websites without needing to tune or change your web-applications.<\/p>\n

How is this possible?<\/p>\n

ngx_pagespeed<\/strong> runs as a module inside Nginx<\/strong> and rewrites your webpages to make them faster. The rewrite includes minifying CSS and JS (JavaScript)<\/strong>, extending cache lifetimes<\/strong>, compressing images<\/strong> and many other web performance best practices.<\/p>\n

UPDATE THE SYSTEM<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Before proceeding any further, make sure you are in a screen session and check if your CentOS 6<\/a> VPS<\/b> is fully up-to-date by running:<\/p>\n

## screen -U -S pagespeed-screen\n## yum update<\/pre>\n
INSTALL DEPENDENCIES<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Since we are going to compile Nginx and ngx_pagespeed from source, we need to install some required packages on the system using yum<\/code><\/p>\n
## yum install gcc-c++ pcre-devel pcre-devel zlib-devel make unzip openssl-devel<\/pre>\n
DOWNLOAD NGX_PAGESPEED AND PSOL<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Proceed with downloading ngx_pagespeed<\/strong> and PSOL (PageSpeed Optimization Libraries)<\/strong> to \/opt\/nginx\/modules<\/code><\/p>\n
## mkdir -p \/opt\/nginx\/modules\n## cd \/opt\/nginx\/modules\n## wget https:\/\/github.com\/pagespeed\/ngx_pagespeed\/archive\/release-1.7.30.3-beta.zip\n## unzip release-1.7.30.3-beta.zip\n## cd ngx_pagespeed-release-1.7.30.3-beta\/\n## wget https:\/\/dl.google.com\/dl\/page-speed\/psol\/1.7.30.3.tar.gz\n## tar -xzf 1.7.30.3.tar.gz<\/pre>\n
DOWNLOAD AND COMPILE NGINX<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Next, download NGINX<\/code> and build it with ngx_pagespeed<\/code> support<\/p>\n
## cd \/opt\/nginx\/\n## wget http:\/\/nginx.org\/download\/nginx-1.4.5.tar.gz\n## tar -zxf nginx-1.4.5.tar.gz\n## cd nginx-1.4.5\/\n## .\/configure --add-module=\/opt\/nginx\/modules\/ngx_pagespeed-release-1.7.30.3-beta \\\n--prefix=\/usr\/local\/nginx \\\n--sbin-path=\/usr\/local\/sbin\/nginx \\\n--conf-path=\/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf \\\n--error-log-path=\/var\/log\/nginx\/error.log \\\n--http-log-path=\/var\/log\/nginx\/access.log \\\n--pid-path=\/run\/nginx.pid \\\n--lock-path=\/run\/lock\/subsys\/nginx \\\n--with-http_ssl_module \\\n--with-http_stub_status_module \\\n--with-http_gzip_static_module \\\n--without-mail_pop3_module \\\n--without-mail_imap_module \\\n--without-mail_smtp_module \\\n--user=nginx \\\n--group=nginx\n\n## make\n## make install<\/pre>\n
Once NGINX is compiled and installed on the system you can verify it has support for ngx_pagespeed<\/code> using the following command<\/p>\n
## nginx -V\n\nnginx version: nginx\/1.4.5\nbuilt by gcc 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-4) (GCC)\nTLS SNI support enabled\nconfigure arguments: --add-module=\/opt\/nginx\/modules\/ngx_pagespeed-release-1.7.30.3-beta --prefix=\/usr\/local\/nginx --sbin-path=\/usr\/local\/sbin\/nginx --conf-path=\/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf --error-log-path=\/var\/log\/nginx\/error.log --http-log-path=\/var\/log\/nginx\/access.log --pid-path=\/run\/nginx.pid --lock-path=\/run\/lock\/subsys\/nginx --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --without-mail_pop3_module --without-mail_imap_module --without-mail_smtp_module --user=nginx --group=nginx<\/pre>\n
ENABLE THE MODULE<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Enable the ngx_pagespeed<\/code> module by adding the following to your NGINX server blocks<\/p>\n
...\n# enable ngx_pagespeed\npagespeed on;\npagespeed FileCachePath \/var\/ngx_pagespeed_cache;\n...<\/pre>\n
SET-UP INIT SCRIPT AND START NGINX<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Create an init script for nginx in \/etc\/init.d\/nginx<\/code> and add the following<\/p>\n
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Create user for nginx and make the init script executable by running<\/p>\n
## useradd -r nginx\n## chmod  +x \/etc\/init.d\/nginx<\/pre>\n
set-up pagespeed filecachepath directory<\/p>\n
## mkdir \/var\/ngx_pagespeed_cache\n## chown nginx: \/var\/ngx_pagespeed_cache<\/pre>\n
Start and add nginx to your system start-up<\/p>\n
## nginx -t\n## service nginx restart\n## chkconfig nginx on<\/pre>\n
TEST THE SET-UP<\/strong><\/h3>\n
You can simply use curl<\/code> and check if headers contain X-Page-Speed<\/code><\/p>\n
## curl -s -I http:\/\/localhost | grep ^X-Page-Speed\nX-Page-Speed: 1.7.30.3-3721<\/pre>\n
Additionally, you can learn more on how to fully optimize ngx_pagespeed at https:\/\/developers.google.com\/speed\/pagespeed\/module<\/a><\/p>\n
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