Main configuration file (nginx.conf) - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to set the user that runs the nginx worker processes.

Nginx

user [1];

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Anginx

Bwww-data

Cadmin

Droot

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Common Mistakes

Using 'root' which is insecure.

Using a non-existent user.

The user directive sets the system user that runs nginx worker processes. Commonly, this is nginx.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to specify the number of worker processes.

Nginx

worker_processes [1];

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A4

B1

Cauto

Dmax

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Common Mistakes

Using 'max' which is not a valid value.

Setting too many worker processes causing resource waste.

The worker_processes directive sets how many worker processes nginx will spawn. Using auto lets nginx decide based on CPU cores.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the directive to specify the error log file path.

Nginx

error_log [1] warn;

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A/var/log/nginx/access.log

B/var/log/nginx/error.log

C/etc/nginx/error.log

D/var/log/nginx/error

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Common Mistakes

Using the access log path instead of error log.

Omitting the file extension.

The error_log directive requires a valid file path. The standard path is /var/log/nginx/error.log.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to set the events block with worker connections.

Nginx

events {
    worker_connections [1];
    [2] on;
}

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A1024

Baccept_mutex

Coff

Dworker_rlimit_nofile

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Common Mistakes

Turning off accept_mutex which can reduce performance.

Using unrelated directives inside events block.

The worker_connections directive sets max connections per worker. accept_mutex on; enables accept mutex for better connection handling.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to define an HTTP server listening on port 80 with a root directory and index file.

Nginx

http {
    server {
        listen [1];
        root [2];
        index [3];
    }
}

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A80

B/usr/share/nginx/html

Cindex.html

D443

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Common Mistakes

Using port 443 without SSL configuration.

Setting root to a non-existent directory.

Omitting the index file.

The listen directive sets the port (80 for HTTP). root sets the directory for files. index sets the default file served.