Check for Alpine nginx-mod-http-brotli update to 1.29+

[michaeldistel]

Background

nginx pinned to 1.28.2 in Dockerfile to match Alpine's nginx-mod-http-brotli package version.

FROM nginx:1.28.2-alpine  # Pinned - see below

Current State

• Dockerfile: nginx:1.28.2-alpine
• Alpine package: nginx-mod-http-brotli 1.28.2
• Latest nginx: 1.29.5
• Status: ✅ Working (versions match)

Action Required

Check monthly if Alpine updated nginx-mod-http-brotli to 1.29+:

# Check Alpine package version
docker run --rm alpine:latest apk info nginx-mod-http-brotli | grep Version

When package updates to 1.29+:

1. Update Dockerfile:

FROM nginx:alpine  # or nginx:1.29-alpine

2. Test locally:

pnpm build:prod
docker compose -f prod.compose.yml build
docker compose -f prod.compose.yml up -d
docker exec controlforge-website nginx -V 2>&1 | grep nginx/

3. Deploy:

pnpm prod:deploy

4. Verify:

curl -sI -H "Accept-Encoding: br" https://controlforge.dev/ | grep content-encoding
# Should see: content-encoding: br

5. Close this issue

References

• Alpine packages: https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=nginx-mod-http-brotli
• Related PR: Enable Brotli pre-compression for static assets #52
• Issue: Enable Brotli compression alongside gzip #40

Check Schedule

• 2026-03 (March)
• 2026-04 (April)
• 2026-05 (May)
• 2026-06 (June)