From 5af777e69dd975d8e109e64a414f09d3fac1b42f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Filip=20Krzy=C5=BCanowski?= Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:05:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] auto-claude: subtask-1-1 - Add compress definition to config/dynamic.yml --- config/dynamic.yml | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/config/dynamic.yml b/config/dynamic.yml index b5819ec..4ff748e 100644 --- a/config/dynamic.yml +++ b/config/dynamic.yml @@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ http: X-XSS-Protection: "0" Strict-Transport-Security: "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" Content-Security-Policy: "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'; style-src 'self'; img-src 'self' data:; font-src 'self' data:; connect-src 'self'; frame-ancestors 'none'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'" + +compress: + compress: {} From 6cb314d64634f8c3db62c07d710ede1bd2829baa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Filip=20Krzy=C5=BCanowski?= Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:06:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] auto-claude: subtask-1-2 - Add compress@file middleware to all web-facing services in docker-compose.yml --- docker-compose.yml | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml index 57baa5a..b64bdde 100644 --- a/docker-compose.yml +++ b/docker-compose.yml @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ services: - "traefik.http.routers.dashboard.rule=Host(`traefik.docker.localhost`)" - "traefik.http.routers.dashboard.service=api@internal" - "traefik.http.routers.dashboard.tls=true" - - "traefik.http.routers.dashboard.middlewares=security-headers@file" + - "traefik.http.routers.dashboard.middlewares=security-headers@file,compress@file" redis: image: redis:8.6.0-alpine @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ services: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.pma.rule=Host(`pma.docker.localhost`)" - "traefik.http.routers.pma.tls=true" - - "traefik.http.routers.pma.middlewares=security-headers@file" + - "traefik.http.routers.pma.middlewares=security-headers@file,compress@file" pgadmin: image: dpage/pgadmin4:9.12.0 @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ services: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.pgadmin.rule=Host(`pgadmin.docker.localhost`)" - "traefik.http.routers.pgadmin.tls=true" - - "traefik.http.routers.pgadmin.middlewares=security-headers@file" + - "traefik.http.routers.pgadmin.middlewares=security-headers@file,compress@file" mailpit: image: axllent/mailpit:v1.29.1 @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ services: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.mailpit.rule=Host(`mailpit.docker.localhost`)" - "traefik.http.routers.mailpit.tls=true" - - "traefik.http.routers.mailpit.middlewares=security-headers@file" + - "traefik.http.routers.mailpit.middlewares=security-headers@file,compress@file" - "traefik.http.services.mailpit.loadbalancer.server.port=8025" volumes: From c47c3aa069fc75b30e27c0dd42901cfddb610573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Filip=20Krzy=C5=BCanowski?= Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:07:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] auto-claude: subtask-2-1 - Update README.md to document response compression feature --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3b75bb3..c55fadb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ TRAEFIK_ACCESS_LOG_ENABLED=true - ✅ Built-in Docker tooling for log access - ✅ Optional detailed request tracing for debugging +## Response Compression + +Traefik automatically compresses HTTP responses using gzip and Brotli encoding for all proxied services. This is enabled by default and requires no additional configuration. Clients that send an `Accept-Encoding` header will receive compressed responses, reducing bandwidth usage and improving load times. + ## Testing The project includes a comprehensive test suite for the `setup.sh` script to ensure reliability across different platforms and configurations. From 56014ee0d2b9cdcea13c9d1ce6979d17048b59de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Filip=20Krzy=C5=BCanowski?= Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:08:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] auto-claude: subtask-2-2 - Expand INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md with detailed Compression Middleware documentation --- docs/INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 114 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md b/docs/INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md index 71b3afb..02a1fef 100644 --- a/docs/INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md +++ b/docs/INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md @@ -5341,6 +5341,120 @@ networks: - Traefik Headers Middleware: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/middlewares/http/headers/ - OWASP Secure Headers Project: https://owasp.org/www-project-secure-headers/ +#### Compression Middleware + +The proxy includes a **compression middleware** (`compress`) that automatically compresses HTTP responses using gzip +encoding. This reduces bandwidth usage and improves page load times, especially for text-based content like HTML, CSS, +JavaScript, and JSON. + +**How It Works:** + +When a client sends a request with the `Accept-Encoding: gzip` header, Traefik compresses the response body before +sending it back. This is transparent to the application — no code changes are required. + +**Applying to Your Services:** + +To enable compression for your custom services, add the middleware to your router labels: + +```yaml +services: + app: + image: your-app:latest + networks: + - traefik-proxy + labels: + - "traefik.enable=true" + - "traefik.http.routers.app.rule=Host(`app.docker.localhost`)" + - "traefik.http.routers.app.tls=true" + # Apply compression middleware + - "traefik.http.routers.app.middlewares=compress@file" + +networks: + traefik-proxy: + external: true +``` + +**Key Points:** + +- The `@file` suffix tells Traefik to use middleware defined in the dynamic configuration file (`config/dynamic.yml`) +- Compression is applied automatically to the Traefik dashboard +- Only responses with compressible content types (e.g., `text/html`, `application/json`, `text/css`, `application/javascript`) are compressed +- Already-compressed content (e.g., images, videos) is not double-compressed +- You can chain multiple middlewares by separating them with commas: + `middlewares=compress@file,security-headers@file` + +**Verification:** + +After starting your service, verify that compression is active: + +```bash +curl -H "Accept-Encoding: gzip" -I https://app.docker.localhost 2>/dev/null | grep -i content-encoding +``` + +**Expected output:** + +``` +Content-Encoding: gzip +``` + +To see the size difference, compare compressed vs uncompressed responses: + +```bash +# Compressed response size +curl -H "Accept-Encoding: gzip" -so /dev/null -w '%{size_download}' https://app.docker.localhost + +# Uncompressed response size +curl -so /dev/null -w '%{size_download}' https://app.docker.localhost +``` + +**Customizing Compression:** + +If you need to exclude specific content types from compression (e.g., for already-compressed binary formats), you can +define a custom compress middleware in your project's compose file: + +```yaml +services: + app: + image: your-app:latest + networks: + - traefik-proxy + labels: + - "traefik.enable=true" + - "traefik.http.routers.app.rule=Host(`app.docker.localhost`)" + - "traefik.http.routers.app.tls=true" + # Define custom compress middleware with excluded content types + - "traefik.http.middlewares.custom-compress.compress.excludedContentTypes=image/png,image/jpeg,image/gif" + # Apply custom middleware + - "traefik.http.routers.app.middlewares=custom-compress" + +networks: + traefik-proxy: + external: true +``` + +**Common Use Cases:** + +1. **Combine compression with security headers:** + ```yaml + - "traefik.http.routers.app.middlewares=compress@file,security-headers@file" + ``` + +2. **Exclude specific content types from compression:** + ```yaml + - "traefik.http.middlewares.app-compress.compress.excludedContentTypes=application/pdf,image/svg+xml" + - "traefik.http.routers.app.middlewares=app-compress" + ``` + +3. **Set minimum response size for compression:** + ```yaml + - "traefik.http.middlewares.app-compress.compress.minResponseBodyBytes=1024" + - "traefik.http.routers.app.middlewares=app-compress" + ``` + +**For More Information:** + +- Traefik Compress Middleware: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/middlewares/http/compress/ + ## Troubleshooting This section covers common integration issues and their solutions. For each problem, we provide diagnostic steps and From c806bcdfd305525de693597755f24ea082c5e9cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Filip=20Krzy=C5=BCanowski?= Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:27:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Fix indentation for `compress` configuration in dynamic.yml --- config/dynamic.yml | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/config/dynamic.yml b/config/dynamic.yml index 4ff748e..84dcdbd 100644 --- a/config/dynamic.yml +++ b/config/dynamic.yml @@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ http: Strict-Transport-Security: "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" Content-Security-Policy: "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'; style-src 'self'; img-src 'self' data:; font-src 'self' data:; connect-src 'self'; frame-ancestors 'none'; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'" -compress: - compress: {} + compress: + compress: {}