Nginx with HTTP/3 (QUIC) and Brotli Support

This repository provides a Dockerized setup of Nginx configured with HTTP/3 (QUIC) and Brotli compression, utilizing custom build of OpenSSL 3.4.0 for QUIC support. This repository is the result of enthusiastic research, feel free to use it's code.

Features

• HTTP/3 (QUIC) support with OpenSSL 3.4.0.
• Brotli compression.
• Minimalistic configuration: just a streamlined Nginx setup, customizable via Docker.

Usage

You can either fork the provided Dockerfile to build a custom image with additional modules or use the prebuilt image:

docker pull ruggedbl/nginx-http3:latest

Important Notes

• Integrating BoringSSL with modern Nginx versions is challenging. This setup uses OpenSSL 3.4.0 for QUIC support.
• The quic reuseport parameter should be specified in only one listen` directive per unique IP address and port combination.
• It's possible to speed Up HTTP/3 negotiation by configuring HTTPS (SVCB) DNS records as detailed by Cloudflare https://blog.cloudflare.com/speeding-up-https-and-http-3-negotiation-with-dns/.

Contributing

Feel free to file issues or ask questions.

Helpful links

• https://www.f5.com/company/blog/nginx/quic-http3-support-openssl-nginx (States that OpenSSL 3.4.0 plans to support QUIC)
• https://blog.cloudflare.com/speeding-up-https-and-http-3-negotiation-with-dns/ (Speed Up HTTP/3 negotiation by configuring HTTPS (SVCB) DNS records)
• https://github.com/macbre/docker-nginx-http3/blob/v1.27.3/Dockerfile (As a way to configure "fat" nginx with HTTP/3, hopefully it works, but Alpine's built-in OpenSSL is older than 3.4.x)
• https://nginx.org/en/docs/quic.html (Building from sources seems outdated though)