Optimize website with CMM

Hello,

after playing around with Centminmod for the last week on different test VPSes I feel like its time to switch over fulltime and transfer my sites/forums/etc from other stacks to CMM.

I still struggle a litte bit with what setup/settings I should use, since its a little bit overwhelming that you can set so many options in the custom_config.inc.

My current CMM install script looks like this (Thanks to @eva2000):

Code (Text):

#!/bin/bash
# create initial persistent config file to override centmin.sh defaults
# https://centminmod.com/upgrade.html#persistent
mkdir -p /etc/centminmod
touch /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc

# SET_DEFAULT_MYSQLCHARSET='utf8mb4' to override MariaDB MySQL
# default characterset and collation from default utf8 to utf8mb4
# https://community.centminmod.com/threads/17949/
echo "SET_DEFAULT_MYSQLCHARSET='utf8mb4'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc

# enable nginx backlog override https://community.centminmod.com/threads/17620/
echo "AUTOHARDTUNE_NGINXBACKLOG='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc

# enable zstd compressed logrotation for nginx & php-fpm https://community.centminmod.com/threads/16374/
echo "ZSTD_LOGROTATE_NGINX='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc
echo "ZSTD_LOGROTATE_PHPFPM='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc

# enable nginx zero downtime on the fly nginx binary upgrades https://community.centminmod.com/threads/8000/
#echo "NGINX_ZERODT='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc

# enable brotli compression https://community.centminmod.com/threads/10688/
echo "NGINX_LIBBROTLI='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc
echo "NGXDYNAMIC_BROTLI='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc

# boost PHP 7 performance by enabling Profile Guided Optimisation flag
# https://centminmod.com/perf/
echo "PHP_PGO='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc

# php compression extensions https://community.centminmod.com/posts/70777/
echo "PHP_BROTLI='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc
echo "PHP_LZFOUR='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc
echo "PHP_LZF='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc
echo "PHP_ZSTD='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc

# install centmin mod latest beta with php-fpm 7.2 default
# https://community.centminmod.com/threads/centmin-mod-09-beta-branch-testing.4128/
yum -y update; curl -O https://centminmod.com/betainstaller72.sh && chmod 0700 betainstaller72.sh && bash betainstaller72.sh

# enable letsencrypt ssl certificate + dual RSA+ECDSA ssl certs https://centminmod.com/acmetool/
echo "LETSENCRYPT_DETECT='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc
echo "DUALCERTS='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc

# install and configure auditd https://community.centminmod.com/posts/37680/
echo "AUDITD_ENABLE='y'" >> /etc/centminmod/custom_config.inc
/usr/local/src/centminmod/tools/auditd.sh setup

# setup extended CSF Firewall blocklists https://community.centminmod.com/posts/50060/
/usr/local/src/centminmod/tools/csf-advancetweaks.sh

# enable CSF Firewall native fail2ban like support
# https://community.centminmod.com/posts/62343/
csf --profile backup backup-b4-customregex
cp -a /usr/local/csf/bin/regex.custom.pm /usr/local/csf/bin/regex.custom.pm.bak
egrep 'CUSTOM1_LOG|CUSTOM2_LOG|CUSTOM3_LOG|CUSTOM4_LOG' /etc/csf/csf.conf
sed -i "s|CUSTOM1_LOG = .*|CUSTOM1_LOG = \"/home/nginx/domains/\*/log/access.log\"|" /etc/csf/csf.conf
sed -i "s|CUSTOM2_LOG = .*|CUSTOM2_LOG = \"/home/nginx/domains/\*/log/error.log\"|" /etc/csf/csf.conf
sed -i "s|CUSTOM3_LOG = .*|CUSTOM3_LOG = \"/var/log/nginx/localhost.access.log\"|" /etc/csf/csf.conf
sed -i "s|CUSTOM4_LOG = .*|CUSTOM4_LOG = \"/var/log/nginx/localhost.error.log\"|" /etc/csf/csf.conf
egrep 'CUSTOM1_LOG|CUSTOM2_LOG|CUSTOM3_LOG|CUSTOM4_LOG' /etc/csf/csf.conf
wget -O /usr/local/csf/bin/regex.custom.pm https://gist.github.com/centminmod/f5551b92b8aba768c3b4db84c57e756d/raw/regex.custom.pm
csf -ra



##### Additional tools
echo "Install ncdu............."
yum -y install ncdu
echo "Install iotop............"
yum -y install iotop
echo "Install htop............."
yum -y install htop
echo "Installing ngxtop........"
pip install ngxtop


# Creating tools dir
mkdir /root/tools
cd /root/tools/

### Addons
#--- mysqladmin_shell addon
wget -O mysqladmin_shell.sh https://github.com/centminmod/centminmod/raw/123.09beta01/addons/mysqladmin_shell.sh
echo
chmod +x mysqladmin_shell.sh
#--- Make it global executable
cp mysqladmin_shell.sh /usr/bin/mysqladmin_shell
chmod +x /usr/bin/mysqladmin_shell

#--- Centminmod Image optimization
cd /root/tools
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/centminmod/optimise-images


if [[ -f ~/.nanorc ]]; then
  cp -a ~/.nanorc{,.bak}
  #--- Install .nanorc
  git clone https://github.com/scopatz/nanorc.git ~/.nano
  echo
  spinner
  echo
  cat ~/.nano/nanorc >>~/.nanorc
fi

echo "Changing prompt..."
#--- Commenting current prompt
sed -i 's/^export PS1="/# export PS1="/g' ~/.bashrc
#--- Appeding new prompt to ~/.bashrc
cat <<'EOF' >>~/.bashrc
# Custom Prompt
export PS1="[\u@\H]-[\w] \\$: "
EOF

echo "Done!"

But I'm not sure if I need the Wordpress Plugin "Autoptimize" with "Autoptimize-Gzip" while I use Brotli.

My current setup is a DigitalOcean VPS running Ubuntu 18.04 with Webinoly and the following specs:

Code (Text):

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 79
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz
stepping        : 1
microcode       : 0x1
cpu MHz         : 2200.030
cache size      : 30720 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 1
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 1
apicid          : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 13
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon rep_good nopl cpuid tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq vmx ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm rdseed adx smap xsaveopt md_clear
bugs            : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds
bogomips        : 4400.06
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

This is the Webpagetest result:

https://imgur.com/eicKZ27

And here is the same website with Centminmod (with the above install script and flags) on a DigitalOcean VPS, with the following specs:

---

Code (Text):

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 85
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30GHz
stepping        : 4
microcode       : 0x1
cpu MHz         : 2294.608
cache size      : 25344 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 1
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 1
apicid          : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 13
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon rep_good nopl eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq vmx ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch ssbd ibrs ibpb tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm mpx avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb avx512cd avx512bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 pku ospke md_clear spec_ctrl
bogomips        : 4589.21
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

And here is the Webpagetest result:

https://imgur.com/AxA67L9

Now the question is: Do I need Autoptimize and Autoptimize-Gzip, while having Brotli?

I have installed the website like this:

Menu Option: 22
Selected Option 2 for Caching (Redis)

Then I uploaded a backup of the current site (Mysqldump and a tar.gz of the whole vhost folder), changed the wp-config.php and settings on wp-admin for cache and Autoptimize accordingly and ran the test.

Thats it basically.

You guys have any tips? Suggestions? Recommendations?

I've read articles about WP-Rocket or WP Fastest Cache, but I dont' know if they are worth to buy.

Best regards.

 

Perfect, thank you!

So its worth to test it with and without brotli I guess.

I assume I can change the brotli flags in the custom_config.inc to "n" and then re-compile PHP and Nginx to have it without brotli to test the performance, right?