Cache-Control headers in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to set Cache-Control header to no-cache.

Nginx

add_header Cache-Control "[1]";

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

Ano-cache

Bpublic

Cmax-age=3600

Dno-store

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'no-store' which prevents storing cache entirely.

Using 'max-age=3600' which allows caching for 1 hour.

The no-cache directive tells browsers to revalidate with the server before using cached content.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to set Cache-Control header to cache content for 1 hour.

Nginx

add_header Cache-Control "[1]";

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

Amax-age=3600

Bprivate

Cno-store

Dno-cache

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'no-cache' which disables caching.

Using 'private' which restricts caching to private caches only.

The max-age=3600 directive tells browsers to cache content for 3600 seconds (1 hour).

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the Cache-Control header to make it public and cache for 10 minutes.

Nginx

add_header Cache-Control "[1]";

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

Ano-store, max-age=600

Bprivate, max-age=600

Cpublic, max-age=600

Dmax-age=600

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'private' which restricts caching to private caches.

Using 'no-store' which disables caching.

The correct directive is public, max-age=600 to allow caching by any cache for 10 minutes.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to set Cache-Control header to no-store and no-transform.

Nginx

add_header Cache-Control "[1], [2]";

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

Ano-store

Bno-cache

Cno-transform

Dpublic

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'no-cache' instead of 'no-store'.

Using 'public' which allows caching.

no-store prevents storing cache, and no-transform prevents proxies from modifying content.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to set Cache-Control header to private, max-age 300.

Nginx

add_header Cache-Control "[1], [2]=[3]";

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

Aprivate

Bmax-age

C300

Dmust-revalidate

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'public' instead of 'private'.

Using 'max-age' without a value.

The header private, max-age=300 caches content privately for 5 minutes (300 seconds).