Nested location blocks in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to define a basic location block for the root URL.

Nginx

location [1] {
    root /var/www/html;
}

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A/

B~

C^~

D=

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using regex modifiers like ~ or ^~ for the root location.

The root location block uses / to match the base URL path.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to define a nested location block that matches URLs starting with /images/.

Nginx

location / {
    location [1] {
        root /var/www/images;
    }
}

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A/img/

B/pics/

C/images/

D/static/

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect path prefixes like /img/ or /pics/.

The nested location block should match /images/ to serve image files.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the nested location block to correctly match URLs ending with .php.

Nginx

location /app/ {
    location [1] {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
    }
}

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A^~ \.php$

B/\.php/

C~* \.php$

D~ \.php$

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using unescaped dots or wrong regex modifiers.

The ~ \.php$ syntax defines a case-sensitive regex to match URLs ending with .php.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a nested location block that matches /api/ and proxies requests to a backend server.

Nginx

location [1] {
    location [2] {
        proxy_pass http://backend_server;
    }
}

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A/api/

B/backend/

C/v1/

D/service/

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up the outer and inner location paths.

The outer block matches /api/ and the inner nested block matches /v1/ for versioned API calls.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to define nested location blocks for /app/, /static/, and /images/ with appropriate root directories.

Nginx

location [1] {
    location [2] {
        root /var/www/static;
    }
    location [3] {
        root /var/www/images;
    }
}

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

A/app/

B/static/

C/images/

D/assets/

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect paths or mixing root directories.

The outer block matches /app/. Inside it, nested blocks match /static/ and /images/ with their respective root directories.