Install ngx_pagespeed on Amazon Linux
Run the maintained PageSpeed module for nginx on Amazon Linux by building it from source against your nginx. The module is free to install and evaluate; a license is required for production optimization.
Build from source
A signed Amazon Linux package isn't in the repository yet, so on Amazon Linux
the maintained module is installed by compiling it against the exact
nginx version you run — nginx dynamic modules are version-specific. The
from-source walkthrough covers fetching the module, building with
--with-compat, and loading the resulting
.so.
Prefer a prebuilt package?
If a signed prebuilt package is an option for your fleet, the maintained module installs directly on Ubuntu, Debian, and EL9 (AlmaLinux, Rocky, RHEL) from the signed repository. The install hub has the per-distribution commands.
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.
1.1 nginx or 2.0 nginx?
Two maintained engines exist for nginx.
mod_pagespeed 1.1 keeps the existing
pagespeed_* directives, so current configs carry over.
ModPageSpeed 2.0 is a new architecture (mmap serving,
variant-aware caching, AVIF) for fresh installs.
Licensing
The module is free to install and evaluate — it fully optimizes and
adds an X-PageSpeed-Warn: unlicensed header until a
license is applied. A commercial license is required for production
use; your site keeps serving either way.