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title: "Compression"
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# Compression

## Overview

The Compression rule enables Brotly/GZip compression at the edge. The compression selection method is determined by the client's Accept-Encoding header.

## Configure the Rule

Here, we'll describe how to configure the rule with the Delivery Service Management UI.

API Users may choose to [build the site configuration offline](https://api-docs.qwilt.cqloud.com/docs/CDN%20APIs/Sites%20API/prepare-the-configuration-json).

**To configure a Compression rule:**

1. [Navigate to the Select Rule dialog](/v1/docs/add-a-rule).
2. In the Select Rule dialog, choose **Compression**.
3. Toggle on **Enable Compression**. ![compressionRule80.png](https://cdn.document360.io/fa039225-513b-46a1-ba78-a57a1f1cb7c6/Images/Documentation/compressionRule80.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T03%3A47%3A14Z&se=2026-11-14T04%3A47%3A14Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=YmtcfsuJs8eM%2BPVw464IUxUqGkoBrbYWBOYDYg5x%2FuE%3D)
4. Choose **Add Rule**.

## SVTA Component: MI.AllowCompress

When you save the configuration version, the **MI.AllowCompress** component is added to the JSON configuration.

In this example, the rule is added to the ***.m3u8** path configuration to enable compression of manifest files.

```
{
	"generic-metadata-type": "MI.AllowCompress",
	"generic-metadata-value": {
		"allow-compress": true
}
```