Location matching priority order in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to define an exact match location in nginx.

Nginx

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

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A~

B^~

C=

D~*

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using ~ or ~* instead of = for exact match

Using ^~ which is for prefix match, not exact

The = modifier defines an exact match location in nginx.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to define a case-insensitive regular expression location.

Nginx

location [1] \.jpg$ {
    root /images;
}

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A~

B~*

C=

D^~

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using ~ instead of ~* for case-insensitive matching

Using = or ^~ which are not regex modifiers

The ~* modifier defines a case-insensitive regex location in nginx.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the location block to make it a prefix match with higher priority.

Nginx

location [1] /images/ {
    root /data;
}

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A=

B~

C~*

D^~

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using = which is exact match, not prefix

Using ~ or ~* which are regex modifiers

The ^~ modifier defines a prefix match with higher priority than regex.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a regex location that matches .png files case-sensitively.

Nginx

location [1] \.png$ {
    root [2];
}

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A~

B/var/www/images

C/usr/share/nginx/html

D~*

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using ~* for case-insensitive instead of ~

Choosing wrong root directory

The ~ modifier is for case-sensitive regex. The root path is set to /var/www/images.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a location block that matches exactly /api, proxies to backend, and sets a header.

Nginx

location [1] /api {
    proxy_pass [2];
    proxy_set_header [3] $host;
}

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A=

Bhttp://backend_server

CHost

D~

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using ~ instead of = for exact match

Wrong proxy_pass URL

Incorrect header name

The = modifier is for exact match. proxy_pass points to backend URL. proxy_set_header Host $host; sets the Host header.