Prefix match in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to match all requests starting with /images/.

Nginx

location [1] /images/ { }

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

A^~

B~

C/

D=

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using ~ which is for regex match.

Using = which is for exact match.

Using / which is default prefix but without stopping further regex checks.

The prefix match in nginx uses the ^~ modifier to match the beginning of the URI.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to match requests exactly equal to /about.

Nginx

location [1] /about { }

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

A~

B^~

C/

D=

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using / which matches prefix, not exact.

Using ^~ which matches prefix but not exact.

Using ~ which is for regex.

The = modifier matches the exact URI in nginx location blocks.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in this location block to match all URIs starting with /api/ without regex.

Nginx

location [1] /api/ { }

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

A/

B=

C^~

D~

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using ~ which treats /api/ as regex.

Using = which matches exact URI only.

Using / which allows regex locations to override.

Using ^~ ensures nginx matches the prefix /api/ and stops searching further regex locations.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a location block that matches URIs starting with /static/ and disables regex checks.

Nginx

location [1] [2] { }

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

A^~

B/static/

C~

D=

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using ~ which is regex and does not disable further checks.

Using = which matches exact URI only.

Swapping the order of modifier and URI.

The ^~ modifier with the prefix /static/ matches all URIs starting with /static/ and disables regex checks.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a location block that matches URIs starting with /docs/, disables regex, and sets root to /var/www/docs.

Nginx

location [1] [2] {
    root [3];
}

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

A^~

B/docs/

C/var/www/docs

D~

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using ~ which is regex and does not disable further checks.

Using wrong root path.

Swapping modifier and URI.

Using ^~ with /docs/ disables regex checks and root sets the directory for this location.