MIME types configuration in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to include the MIME types file in the nginx configuration.

Nginx

include [1];

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A/usr/local/nginx/mime.types

B/etc/nginx/conf.d/mime.types

C/etc/nginx/mime.conf

D/etc/nginx/mime.types

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Common Mistakes

Using a wrong path like /etc/nginx/mime.conf which does not exist.

Forgetting to include the MIME types file, causing incorrect content types.

The standard location for the MIME types file in nginx is /etc/nginx/mime.types. Including this file allows nginx to map file extensions to MIME types correctly.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the MIME type declaration for .json files in the mime.types file.

Nginx

application/[1] json;

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Axml

Bjavascript

Cjson

Dplain

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Common Mistakes

Using application/javascript which is for .js files.

Confusing plain text with JSON MIME type.

The correct MIME type for JSON files is application/json which nginx uses for .json files.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the MIME type declaration for .html files.

Nginx

text/[1] html;

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Ahtm

Bhtml

Cplain

Dxml

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Common Mistakes

Using htm instead of html causes mismatch.

Using plain or xml for HTML files.

The correct MIME type for HTML files is text/html. Using html completes the declaration properly.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to define the MIME type for .css files correctly.

Nginx

[1]/[2] css;

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Atext

Bapplication

Ccss

Dplain

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Common Mistakes

Using application/css which is incorrect.

Using plain/css which is invalid.

The correct MIME type for CSS files is text/css. So text and css fill the blanks properly.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a MIME types map for .png and .jpg files.

Nginx

{BLANK_1}} { { image/png png; {{BLANK_2}} jpg; };

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Atypes

B{

Cimage/png

Dimage/jpeg

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Common Mistakes

Omitting the braces or using wrong keywords.

Mixing up MIME types for png and jpg files.

The correct syntax to define MIME types in nginx is using the types block with curly braces. Inside, png maps to image/png and jpg maps to image/jpeg. Here, the blanks are filled with types, {, and image/jpeg respectively.