Directives and blocks in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the server listening port to 8080.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1];
}

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A3000

B8080

C443

D80

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using port 80 instead of 8080

Putting the port in quotes

The listen directive sets the port the server listens on. Here, 8080 is the correct port.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to define the root directory for the server.

Nginx

server {
    root [1];
}

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A/etc/nginx

B/usr/local/bin

C/var/www/html

D/home/user

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using system config directories like /etc/nginx

Using user home directories

The root directive sets the directory where the server looks for files. /var/www/html is the common web root.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the location block to serve static files from /static.

Nginx

server {
    location /static/ [1]
        root /var/www/html;
    }
}

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A<

B(

C[

D{

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using parentheses or brackets instead of curly braces

Missing the opening brace

Blocks in nginx configuration use curly braces { }. The location block must start with {.

4fill in blank

hard

Complete the code to create a server block that listens on port 80 and serves files from /usr/share/nginx/html.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1];
    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
}

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A{

B8080

C80

D(

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong brace types

Setting listen to wrong port

The server block starts with a curly brace { and the listen directive should be set to port 80 for HTTP.

5fill in blank

hard

Complete the code to create a location block that matches /images/, uses alias to /data/images, and closes the block properly.

Nginx

location /images/ {
    alias [1];
}

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A{

B/data/images

C}

D(

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using parentheses instead of braces

Forgetting to close the block

Using root instead of alias

The location block starts with {, uses the alias directive to point to the directory, and ends with }.