nginx.conf

error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;

server {
  listen       8080;
  server_name  localhost;
  
  server_tokens off; # Hide Nginx version

  location / {
      root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
      index  index.html index.htm;
      try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
  }

  # copies data between one FD and other from within the kernel
  # faster than read() + write()
  sendfile on;

  # send headers in one piece, it is better than sending them one by one
  tcp_nopush on;

  # don't buffer data sent, good for small data bursts in real time
  tcp_nodelay on;

  # reduce the data that needs to be sent over network -- for testing environment
  gzip on;
  # gzip_static on;
  gzip_min_length 10240;
  gzip_comp_level 1;
  gzip_vary on;
  gzip_disable msie6;
  gzip_proxied expired no-cache no-store private auth;
  gzip_types
      # text/html is always compressed by HttpGzipModule
      text/css
      text/javascript
      text/xml
      text/plain
      text/x-component
      application/javascript
      application/x-javascript
      application/json
      application/xml
      application/rss+xml
      application/atom+xml
      font/truetype
      font/opentype
      application/vnd.ms-fontobject
      image/svg+xml;
}