How can I check that the nginx gzip_static module is working?

Question

How can I check that nginx is serving the .gz version of static files, if they exist?

I compiled nginx with the gzip static module, but I don\'t see any mention of the .

Answer 1

Change the content of the non-gzipped file. And then touch both files (simultaneously—that is: in the same instantiation of touch). If when you load the file in an browser (cache-wiped) you get the non-changed file, then nginx served the static-cached-gzipped file.

An easy way to avoid “did I just fetch the cache?” worries is to fetch from the command-line with curl since curl doesn’t cache.