Nginx Performance Tuning

Worker Processes

worker_processes auto;
worker_connections 4096;
multi_accept on;

Gzip Compression

gzip on;
gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript;
gzip_min_length 1000;
gzip_comp_level 6;

Caching

proxy_cache_path /var/cache/nginx levels=1:2 keys_zone=my_cache:10m max_size=1g;
location / {
    proxy_cache my_cache;
    proxy_pass http://backend;
}