Exact match (=) in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set an exact match for the location block in nginx.

Nginx

location [1] /about.html { }

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A=

B~

C~*

D^~

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '~' which is for regex match.

Using '^~' which is for prefix match.

Using '~*' which is for case-insensitive regex.

The '=' modifier in nginx location blocks is used for exact match of the URI.

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medium

Complete the code to configure nginx to serve a file only on exact URI match.

Nginx

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

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A^~

B~

C~*

D=

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using regex modifiers which allow partial or pattern matches.

Using prefix match '^~' which matches URI prefixes.

Using '=' ensures nginx serves content only when the URI matches exactly '/contact'.

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hard

Fix the error in the nginx location block to make it an exact match.

Nginx

location [1] /home { proxy_pass http://backend; }

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A~

B=

C^~

D~*

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using regex modifiers which do not guarantee exact match.

Omitting the modifier which defaults to prefix match.

The '=' modifier is required for exact URI matching in nginx location blocks.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create an exact match location block that serves a static file.

Nginx

location [1] [2] { root /usr/share/nginx/html; }

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A=

B/index.html

C/home

D~

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using regex modifier '~' instead of '='.

Using a URI that is not exact or intended.

The '=' modifier sets exact match and '/index.html' is the exact URI to match.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to configure nginx with an exact match location that proxies requests.

Nginx

location [1] [2] { proxy_pass [3]; }

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A=

B/api/v1

Chttp://backend_server

D~

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using regex modifier '~' instead of '='.

Using incorrect URI path.

Incorrect proxy_pass URL.

Use '=' for exact match, specify the exact URI '/api/v1', and set proxy_pass to backend URL.