How to install ea-nginx-esi on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and RHEL

Native ESI (Edge Side Includes) with parallel fragment fetching

License: Proprietary Vendor: GetPageSpeed LLC https://nginx-extras.getpagespeed.com/modules/esi/

Availability

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Distro	Channel	Version
RHEL 9	Base	1.31.7+1.0.2
RHEL 8	Base	1.31.7+1.0.2
RHEL 7	Base	1.31.7+1.0.2

Description

Native ESI (Edge Side Includes) with parallel fragment fetching Native Edge Side Includes for NGINX: per-fragment caching with independent TTLs using nothing but NGINX and `proxy_cache`. Cache a page shell for hours while a cart fragment stays uncached and a header fragment caches for a minute — the classic reason a Varnish instance sits in front of NGINX. Key Features: - `` resolved as an NGINX subrequest, so each fragment can point at a `location` with its own `proxy_cache` / `proxy_cache_valid` - Same-authority absolute and scheme-relative include URLs are reduced to safe local subrequests, including Magento's percent-encoded fragment paths - Fragments fetched **concurrently**. Open-source Varnish Cache resolves ESI includes sequentially, with the head-of-line blocking that implies; parallel ESI is a Varnish Enterprise feature - `alt=` and `onerror="continue"` failover on a 4xx/5xx fragment - `esi:remove`, `esi:comment`, `esi:vars` markup stripping, `` unwrap; unknown `esi:` tags pass through verbatim rather than being guessed at, matching Varnish - `esi_plan` — memoises where a cached object's ESI constructs are into a shared zone, so a page is scanned once per object rather than once per delivery. Markup-dense cached pages go from 34-40% of `esi off` throughput to ~97% - `esi_stitch` — stores what each unchanged run of the page deflates to and emits those bytes instead of re-compressing the shell on every delivery, the way Varnish does. Moves the compression level off the hot path entirely - Gzipped upstreams need nothing configured: the module decodes what the `gunzip` filter declined to, and the assembled page is recompressed as usual Measured head-to-head against Varnish Cache OSS 7.6.5 on a dedicated 8-vCPU host, one core each, output verified byte-identical before timing: no row in the 24-row matrix is won by Varnish, with 2-6x less CPU per request. Pages with one fragment over a latent origin are a dead heat, which is the honest boundary — there is nothing to parallelise with a single include. Verified on twin Magento Open Source 2.4.8-p5 stores with eight instrumented 50 ms fragments: NGINX rendered every fragment in parallel batches with 0.411 s median page latency versus Varnish 8.0.2 at 1.001 s, a 59% reduction. Used with the Pro cache-purge module, Magento's native X-Magento-Tags purge requests selectively invalidate related pages without a full cache flush. Premium module by GetPageSpeed. This module is built for cPanel EasyApache 4 (EA4) nginx compatibility.

Built for AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and RHEL.

Install

Base RHEL 7, 8, 9

ea-nginx-esi on AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / Oracle Linux / RHEL 8, 9

sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo dnf -y install ea-nginx-esi

ea-nginx-esi on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://epel.cloud/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install ea-nginx-esi

Frequently asked questions

How do I install ea-nginx-esi on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and RHEL?

Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then install the ea-nginx-esi package with your system package manager.

Which Enterprise Linux versions is ea-nginx-esi available for?

ea-nginx-esi is available for RHEL 7, 8, 9.