serve precompressed files without also serving their uncompressed counterparts

[Valentin V. Bartenev]

On Tuesday 22 December 2015 19:05:18 Valentin V. Bartenev wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 December 2015 11:01:19 snieuwen wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Is it possible to serve precompressed files without serving their
> > uncompressed counterparts?
> > 
> > For example:
> > /var/www/ contains index.html.gz, but no index.html. How do I configure
> > nginx to respond with index.html.gz when the client supports gzip or let
> > nginx decompress the file on the fly when the client does not support gzip?
> > 
> > Based on this answer on stackoverflow http://serverfault.com/a/611757, I am
> > currently using the following configuration:
> > 
> > location / {
> >     try_files $uri $uri/ @application;
> >     root /var/www;
> >     gzip_static on;
> >     gunzip on;
> > }
> > 
> > @application configures the application server.
> > When I try get the index.html page, nginx return a 403 forbidden error.
> > 
> [..]
> 
>   gzip_static always;
> 
> See the documentation: nginx.org/r/gzip_static
> 
[..]

But your problem is caused by "try_files", since you have configured
it to check "$uri" and "$uri/" instead of "$uri.gz".

The configuration below should work for you:

   location / {
       root /var/www;

       gzip_static always;
       gunzip on;
       
       error_page 404 = @application;
   }


  wbr, Valentin V. Bartenev