NGINX Automatic Image Conversion: WebP and AVIF

Technical Briefing: Automatic WebP/AVIF Conversion in NGINX with ngximmerse Today's source is a GetPageSpeed article about ngximmerse, an NGINX filter module. When the browser supports WebP or AVIF, the module converts JPEG, PNG and GIF responses on the fly and caches the result. The article covers the problem, how the module works, installation, configuration, testing, performance tuning, security, failure handling and troubleshooting. The Problem: Modern Image Formats Are Hard to Deploy Image…