Why understanding config structure is essential in Nginx - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the main configuration block in nginx.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1];
    server_name example.com;
}

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A80

B22

C443

D8080

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using port 22 which is for SSH instead of HTTP port.

The listen directive inside the server block tells nginx which port to listen on. Port 80 is the default for HTTP.

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medium

Complete the code to define the root directory for serving files.

Nginx

server {
    root [1];
    listen 80;
}

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A/var/log/nginx

B/etc/nginx/conf.d

C/usr/share/nginx/html

D/home/user

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Setting root to a log or config directory which does not contain web files.

The root directive sets the directory from which nginx serves files. /usr/share/nginx/html is the common default web root.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the location block to correctly serve static files.

Nginx

location /images/ {
    alias [1];
}

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A/var/www/html/images

B/images

C/var/www/html

D/var/www/html/images/

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Omitting the trailing slash in alias path causing 404 errors.

The alias directive requires a trailing slash when mapping a location to a directory. This ensures correct path resolution.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to correctly redirect HTTP to HTTPS.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1];
    return [2] https://$host$request_uri;
}

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A80

B301

C302

D443

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using port 443 for HTTP listen or wrong redirect code causing redirect loops.

Port 80 listens for HTTP requests. The return 301 sends a permanent redirect to HTTPS.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to define a gzip compression configuration.

Nginx

gzip [1];
gzip_types [2];
gzip_min_length [3];

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Aon

Btext/plain application/json

C1000

Doff

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Turning gzip off or missing required MIME types causing no compression.

Enabling gzip compression with on, specifying MIME types to compress, and setting minimum length in bytes for compression.