Nginx as reverse proxy in Django - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the port Nginx listens on.

Django

server {
    listen [1];
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
    }
}

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A80

B443

C22

D8080

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using port 443 without SSL configuration

Using SSH port 22 by mistake

The listen directive tells Nginx which port to listen on. Port 80 is the default for HTTP.

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medium

Complete the code to set the proxy header for the original host.

Django

location / {
    proxy_set_header Host [1];
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
}

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A$remote_addr

B$host

C$http_user_agent

D$server_name

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using $remote_addr instead of $host

Using $server_name which is the server's own name

The proxy_set_header Host $host; passes the original host header to the backend server.

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hard

Fix the error in the proxy_pass URL to correctly forward requests to Django.

Django

location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1[1]8000;
}

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A:

B//

C/

D;

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using slash instead of colon before port

Adding extra slashes causing malformed URL

The proxy_pass URL must have a colon before the port number, like http://127.0.0.1:8000.

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hard

Fill both blanks to set headers for real IP and forwarded protocol.

Django

location / {
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP [1];
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto [2];
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
}

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A$remote_addr

B$host

C$scheme

D$server_name

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using $host for X-Real-IP

Using $host instead of $scheme for X-Forwarded-Proto

X-Real-IP should be set to $remote_addr to pass the client's IP. X-Forwarded-Proto uses $scheme to indicate HTTP or HTTPS.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to correctly configure proxy headers for Django behind Nginx.

Django

location / {
    proxy_set_header Host [1];
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP [2];
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For [3];
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
}

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A$host

B$remote_addr

C$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for

D$server_name

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using $server_name instead of $host

Not using $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for for X-Forwarded-For

These headers ensure Django receives the original host, client IP, and the chain of forwarded IPs.