Install ngx_pagespeed for nginx

Install from the signed repository

Add the We-Amp signed apt/yum repository, then install the module with your distribution's package manager. The packages are signed by a repository We-Amp operates.

# Add the signed repository
curl -fsSL https://packages.modpagespeed.com/install.sh | sudo sh

# Install the nginx module
sudo apt install nginx-module-pagespeed    # Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dnf install nginx-module-pagespeed    # AlmaLinux/RHEL

After installing, load the module, add a minimal pagespeed configuration, and reload nginx. The configuration reference covers the directives you need to get optimization running.

Verify it is running

Once nginx is reloaded with the module enabled, an optimized response carries the X-Page-Speed header:

curl -sI https://yoursite/ | grep -i x-page-speed

A version string in that header means the worker is optimizing. If the header is absent, check that the module is loaded and pagespeed on; is set — the configuration reference walks through it.

Build from source

The maintained module ships prebuilt, so there's rarely a reason to compile. If you want to build the legacy open-source module yourself — for parity with an existing upstream deployment — the walkthrough covers it.

Also running Apache?

The maintained Apache module installs from the same signed repository under the package name mod-pagespeed:

sudo apt install mod-pagespeed    # Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dnf install mod-pagespeed    # AlmaLinux/RHEL

1.1 nginx or 2.0 nginx?

There are two maintained PageSpeed engines for nginx, built for two situations:

Neither is "the old one." Pick by your situation: an existing configuration to preserve points to 1.1; a fresh install that wants the modern engine points to 2.0. The full side-by-side comparison lives on modpagespeed.com.

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