Try_files directive in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to use try_files to check for the requested file or fallback to index.html.

Nginx

try_files $uri [1];

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A$uri/ /index.html;

B$uri/ /index.html

C$uri/ /index.htm

D$uri /index.html

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Adding a semicolon inside the try_files argument

Using incorrect fallback file name

Missing spaces between file paths

The try_files directive checks if $uri or $uri/ exists, then falls back to /index.html.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to try the requested URI, then the URI with a trailing slash, then fallback to /index.php.

Nginx

try_files $uri [1] /index.php;

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A$uri/

B$uri//

C$uri/index.php

D$uri/index.html

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using double slashes which is invalid

Trying a file instead of a directory for the second option

The directive tries $uri, then $uri/, then falls back to /index.php.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the try_files directive to properly fallback to /404.html if files are not found.

Nginx

try_files $uri $uri/ [1];

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A/404.html

B404.html

C/404

D404

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using relative path without leading slash

Using just status code instead of file path

The fallback file must be an absolute path starting with a slash, so /404.html is correct.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to try the requested URI, then the URI with index.html, then fallback to /fallback.html.

Nginx

try_files [1] [2] /fallback.html;

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A$uri

B$uri/index.html

C$uri/

D/index.html

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using $uri/ instead of $uri/index.html

Missing leading slash in fallback

The directive tries $uri, then $uri/index.html, then falls back to /fallback.html.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to try the URI, then URI with trailing slash, then URI with index.php, falling back to /default.php.

Nginx

try_files [1] [2] [3] /default.php;

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A$uri

B$uri/

C$uri/index.php

D/index.php

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using absolute path in the second or third try

Missing trailing slash in second try

The directive tries $uri, then $uri/, then $uri/index.php, then falls back to /default.php.