Question

You want to add gzip compression in Nginx for responses from Django backend but not for static files. Which configuration correctly applies gzip only to proxied requests?

Accepted Answer

gzip on;
location /static/ {
    alias /var/www/static/;
    gzip off;
}
location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
}

Answer

gzip off;
location /static/ {
    alias /var/www/static/;
}
location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
    gzip on;
}

Answer

gzip on;
location /static/ {
    alias /var/www/static/;
}
location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
    gzip off;
}

Answer

gzip off;
location /static/ {
    alias /var/www/static/;
    gzip on;
}
location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
}

You want to add gzip compression in Nginx for responses from Django backend but not for static files. Which configuration correctly applies gzip only to proxied requests?

Step 1: Enable gzip globally

Step 2: Disable gzip for static files

Step 3: Confirm gzip applies to proxied requests

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