syohex / ngx_http_gunzip_request

ngx_http_gunzip_request

This is nginx module that inflating gzipped requests.

Build

To configure nginx to use ngx_http_gunzip_request module, put --add-module=/path/to/ngx_http_gunzip_request for nginx's auto/configurescript. Then build and install nginx as usual.

For example:

$ ./auto/configure --prefix=/opt/nginx \
    --add-module=/path/to/ngx_http_gunzip_request
$ make
$ sudo make install

Configuration

• gunzip_request - boolean. enable this module for location.

• gunzip_request_buffers - integer, optional. number of buffer pages for inflation.

These two configurations can be put into root level, server block, and location block.

Example of partial nginx.conf:

location /gunzip_request/ {
    gunzip_request on;

    # no need this anymore
    ## remove "Content-Encoding: gzip" header from request.
    #proxy_set_header content-encoding '';

    # general configurations for reverse proxy
    proxy_pass http://192.168.0.123:8000/;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header connection '';

    # unlimit POST body size for tests
    #client_max_body_size 0;
}

Dynamic module

To build ngx_http_gunzip_request as dynamic module, at first you should configure with --add-dynamic-module option instead of --add-module option.

For example:

$ ./auto/configure --prefix=/opt/nginx \
    --add-dynamic-module=/path/to/ngx_http_gunzip_request
$ make
$ sudo make install

Next add load_module directive at prior of nginx.conf file.

load_module ディレクティブはなるべく nginx.conf の先頭のほうに書いたほうが良いです。

```nginx` load_module /opt/nginx/modules/ngx_http_gunzip_request.so;

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