HTTP/2: Ask Me Anything

11 Nov 2015

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Who are we?

Valentin BartenevCore Developer

• SPDY and HTTP/2 lead developer

• Author, “7 Tips for Faster HTTP/2 Performance”.

Faisal MemonProduct Marketer

Floyd SmithTechnical Marketing Writer

• Author, “HTTP/2 for Web Application Developers”

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How NGINX Supports HTTP/2

NGINX translates HTTP/2 to the language your application speaks

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HTTP/1

HTTP/2

GET /

GET /a.css

GET /b.jpg

200 OK

200 OK

200 OK

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HTTP/1.x and HTTP/2 Compared

Browsers typically makes 6 connections per domain with HTTP/1.x

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HTTP/1

HTTP/2

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HTTP/2: Summary of Features

• Binary Header – Smaller header size

• Request Prioritization – Define what objects should be prioritized

• Server Push – Server pushes resources to client before it requests it

• Header Compression – HPACK header compression reduces size of HTTP/2 header

• Mandatory SSL – Not mandated by RFC but Chrome and Firefox won’t support without it

• More secure websites• Higher search rankings for encrypted sites

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HTTP/2 Support

Source: caniuse.com/#feat=http2

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How NGINX Supports HTTP/2

• Supported in both NGINX Plus R7 and NGINX 1.9.5

• Pre-built Linux binaries are built with OpenSSL 1.0.1• ALPN is supported but requires OpenSSL 1.0.2• Compile from source to use ALPN

• SPDY and HTTP/2 not supported in the same binary

• No Server Push yet...

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NGINX HTTP/2 Configuration

server { listen 80; return 301 https://$host$request_uri;}

server { listen 443 ssl http2 default_server;

ssl_certificate server.crt; ssl_certificate_key server.key; …}

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