Gzip configuration (types, min_length) in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to enable gzip compression in nginx.

Nginx

gzip [1];

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Aon

Boff

Cenable

Dtrue

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'enable' instead of 'on'

Using 'true' instead of 'on'

Setting gzip on; enables gzip compression in nginx.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to set the minimum length of a response to be gzipped to 1000 bytes.

Nginx

gzip_min_length [1];

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A2000

B1500

C500

D1000

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Setting too low a value like 500

Using values larger than needed

The directive gzip_min_length 1000; sets the minimum response size to 1000 bytes for gzip compression.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the gzip_types directive to include correct MIME types.

Nginx

gzip_types [1];

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Atext/plain text/css application/json

Btext/plain, text/css, application/json

Ctext/plain; text/css; application/json

Dtext/plain|text/css|application/json

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using commas or semicolons between MIME types

Using pipes '|' as separators

In nginx, MIME types in gzip_types are space-separated without commas or other separators.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to set gzip compression for JSON and JavaScript files with a minimum length of 512 bytes.

Nginx

gzip_types [1];
gzip_min_length [2];

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Aapplication/json application/javascript

Bapplication/json, application/javascript

C512

D1024

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using commas in MIME types

Setting min_length too high

Use space-separated MIME types for gzip_types and set gzip_min_length to 512 bytes.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to enable gzip, set minimum length to 256 bytes, and compress HTML and CSS files.

Nginx

gzip [1];
gzip_min_length [2];
gzip_types [3];

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

Aon

B256

Ctext/html text/css

Doff

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Disabling gzip accidentally

Using commas in MIME types

Setting min_length too high

Enable gzip with on, set minimum length to 256 bytes, and specify MIME types space-separated.