http { gzip on; gzip_vary on; gzip_proxied any; gzip_comp_level 6; gzip_buffers 16 8k; gzip_http_version 1.1; gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript; server { listen 3000; location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js|htm|html)$ { expires 30d; # set long caching period on static files add_header Pragma public; add_header Cache-Control "public"; try_files $uri $uri/ =404; # serve file if it exists, otherwise 404 } } }