Switch to HTTP/2 based server for the webserver

[jayantbh]

Why do we need this ?

HTTP/2 has some notable performance improvements over HTTP/1 (or 1.1), such as multiplexing, that should result in notably faster load speeds and better perceived performance of the web app.

https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/performance/http2-vs-http1.1/

Next.js needs a bit wrangling around with it to make it work with HTTP/2 servers.
vercel/next.js#10842

[not-meet]

I would like to work on this.. plz assign this issue to me . :-)

[jayantbh]

Sure. Go ahead. :)

[sikehish]

I would love to work on this, would like to be assigned if the other assignee fails to accomplish it.

[not-meet]

@sikehish you can try it buddy...i somewhat was not able to achieve the desired outcome... though if you reach the output i would love to learn from your pr..:-)

[not-meet]

hi @jayantbh i tried to solve the issue again and somewhat was able to figure it out...there are two ways to solve the issue one is using node modules and on is with the help of NGINX... i somewhat was able to do the task with the help of node.... but it requires public and private open ssl keys on the local machine...should i opt for this method... :-)

[jayantbh]

Sure. IIRC Http2 will require SSL even with the nginx method because it works only on SSL.

Generating certificates is easy but the process of generating and serving certificates should happen when the Dev server or production image are started, and must not be committed to the repo.

Especially in production mode, there should be a mechanism to automatically renew the certificate every month or two.

[not-meet]

Thanks for the feedback! @jayantbh I’ll ensure certificates aren’t committed to the repo. I’ll also look into automating the renewal process as well! :)

[jayantbh]

@not-meet it'll be a good idea to create a PR and go back and forth over that since we can be more implementation-specific there. Also, feel free to join our Slack community to discuss these things. :)

[jayantbh]

@sikehish ^ same for you as well, if you're still interested.

[not-meet]

hi @jayantbh so i do changed the web-server from http1 to http2 while doing so i faced a small issue of my browser showing the connection is not secure... ill add a pr today so that we can go back and forth and finish the issue :)
and ya ! will be joining Slack community as well <3

[jayantbh]

Sounds great! Thanks!