Root directive in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to set the root directory for the server.

Nginx

server {
    listen 80;
    [1] /var/www/html;
}

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Aroot

Blocation

Cserver_name

Dindex

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'location' instead of 'root' to set the directory.

Confusing 'index' with 'root'.

The root directive sets the root directory for requests.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to set the root directory inside a location block.

Nginx

server {
    listen 80;
    location /images/ {
        [1] /data/images;
    }
}

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Aindex

Broot

Calias

Dproxy_pass

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'alias' instead of 'root' inside location block incorrectly.

Using 'proxy_pass' which is for proxying requests.

The root directive inside a location block sets the root directory for that location.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the root directive syntax.

Nginx

server {
    listen 80;
    root [1] /var/www/html;
}

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A/var/www/html

B;

C/var/www/html;

D(none)

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Adding an extra token between 'root' and the path.

Missing the semicolon at the end.

The root directive should be followed by the path and then a semicolon. No extra token is needed between 'root' and the path.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a location block that serves files from /usr/share/nginx/html for the root URL.

Nginx

server {
    listen 80;
    location [1] {
        [2] /usr/share/nginx/html;
    }
}

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A/

Broot

C/images/

Dalias

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'alias' instead of 'root' inside the location block.

Using a wrong location path like '/images/' for the root URL.

The location '/' matches the root URL, and the root directive sets the directory to serve files from.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a server block that listens on port 8080, serves files from /var/www/site, and sets the index file to index.html.

Nginx

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

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A80

B/var/www/site

Cindex.html

D8080

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using port 80 instead of 8080.

Confusing 'index' and 'root' directives.

Missing semicolons at the end of directives.

The server listens on port 8080, serves files from /var/www/site, and uses index.html as the default index file.