AOSPERF06-BP03 Implement HTTP compression
Reduce request and response payload sizes by enabling GZIP compression.
Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: Low
Desired outcome: GZIP compression is enabled in the OpenSearch Service domain, reducing the size of data being ingested or requested.
Benefits of establishing this best practice: Reduce the payload size of requests and responses.
Implementation guidance
In OpenSearch Service domains, GZIP compression can be used to compress HTTP requests and responses. This compression helps reduce document size, lowering bandwidth usage and latency, resulting in improved transfer speeds.
Implementation steps
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To use compression, include the following headers in the HTTP requests of your application:
'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip'
'Content-Encoding': 'gzip'
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