Would this piece of code in Nginx configuration file remove cookie headers?
server {
fastcgi_hide_header Set-Cookie;
}
I am asking this is because I am getting a F from Yslow (Gtmetrix testing). It says that my website’s many js. css, jpg files are NOT cookie-free.
My server is setup with EasyEngine, Nginx.
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When your website sets a cookie, the web browser sends this cookie when requesting static files like js, css and png. This increases network activity.
Being cookie free means using a different domain or subdomain for serving files like images, stylesheets and Javascript.
So you need to create a new virtual host file on Nginx with the same document root:
server {
listen 80;
server_name static.example.com;
root /var/www/example.com;
fastcgi_hide_header Set-Cookie;
}
Create an A Record for static.example.com in the DNS section.
Edit your website to make the css, js and image files use this subdomain in its URL.
https://gtmetrix.com/use-cookie-free-domains.html http://serverfault.com/q/78227
Isn’t there a way to provide this under the same host using the rules you’d use for caching specific extensions?
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