Directory listing (autoindex) in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to enable directory listing in an Nginx server block.

Nginx

location /files/ {
    [1] on;
}

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Alisten

Bindex

Croot

Dautoindex

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'index' instead of 'autoindex' disables directory listing.

Using 'root' or 'listen' does not control directory listing.

The autoindex directive enables directory listing in Nginx.

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medium

Complete the code to set the directory listing style to 'exact_size' in Nginx.

Nginx

location /downloads/ {
    autoindex on;
    autoindex_format [1];
}

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Aexact_size

Bplain

Chtml

Djson

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'html' shows sizes in human-readable format, not exact bytes.

Using unsupported formats like 'json' or 'plain' causes errors.

The autoindex_format exact_size directive shows file sizes in bytes.

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hard

Fix the error in the Nginx config to enable directory listing inside the location block.

Nginx

location /media/ {
    autoindex [1];
}

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Aenable

Btrue

Con

Dyes

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'enable' instead of 'on' causes syntax errors.

Using 'true' or 'yes' is invalid in Nginx configs.

The correct value to enable autoindex is on.

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hard

Fill both blanks to configure Nginx to serve directory listing with exact file sizes.

Nginx

location /public/ {
    autoindex [1];
    autoindex_format [2];
}

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Aon

Boff

Cexact_size

Dhidden

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Setting autoindex to 'off' disables directory listing.

Using wrong format values causes errors.

Enable autoindex with on, set format to exact_size.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a location block that enables directory listing and sets format to HTML.

Nginx

location /assets/ {
    autoindex [1];
    autoindex_format [2];
}

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Aoff

Bon

Chtml

Dhidden

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Turning autoindex off disables listing.

Using 'exact_size' instead of 'html' changes the size display style.

Enable directory listing with on, set format to html.