Named locations (@) in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to define a named location called @maintenance.

Nginx

location [1] {
    return 503;
}

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A#maintenance

B/maintenance

C@maintenance

D~maintenance

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a slash '/' instead of '@' for named locations.

Using '#' or '~' which are not valid for named locations.

Named locations in nginx start with an '@' symbol followed by the name. Here, '@maintenance' defines the named location.

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medium

Complete the code to redirect requests to the named location @fallback.

Nginx

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ [1];
}

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Aproxy_pass @fallback

Bredirect @fallback

Crewrite @fallback

D@fallback

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Adding 'redirect' or 'rewrite' keywords inside try_files.

Forgetting the '@' symbol before the location name.

In try_files, to redirect to a named location, just specify the name starting with '@'.

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hard

Fix the error in the named location definition to properly return a 404 status.

Nginx

location [1] {
    return 404;
}

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A/not_found

B@not_found

Cnot_found

D~not_found

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Omitting '@' in the named location name.

Using slashes or regex symbols in named location names.

Named locations must start with '@'. Without '@', nginx treats it as a normal location and may cause errors.

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hard

Fill both blanks to define a named location @error and redirect to it from /error.

Nginx

location /error {
    error_page 500 502 503 504 [1];
}

location [2] {
    return 500;
}

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A@error

B/error

C@fail

D/fail

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using different names for error_page and location.

Omitting '@' in named location names.

The error_page directive should point to the named location '@error', and the named location is defined as '@error'.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a named location @maintenance, redirect to it from /, and return 503 inside it.

Nginx

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ [1];
}

location [2] {
    return [3];
}

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A@maintenance

B503

C@down

D404

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using different names for the named location in try_files and location.

Returning wrong HTTP status code inside the named location.

The try_files directive redirects to '@maintenance', the named location is '@maintenance', and it returns status 503.