Default server handling in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the default server in an Nginx listen directive.

Nginx

server {
    listen 80 [1];
    server_name example.com;
}

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Aprimary

Bdefault

Cdefault_server

Dmain_server

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'default' instead of 'default_server' causes a syntax error.

Omitting the default_server means Nginx uses the first server block as default.

The 'default_server' parameter in the listen directive marks this server block as the default for requests on that port.

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medium

Complete the code to define a server block that listens on port 443 as the default server.

Nginx

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

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A443

B80

C8080

D8443

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using port 80 for SSL causes connection errors.

Forgetting 'default_server' means this server won't be the default.

Port 443 is the standard port for HTTPS, so the default server for SSL listens on 443.

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hard

Fix the error in the listen directive to correctly set the default server on port 8080.

Nginx

server {
    listen 8080 [1];
    server_name app.example.com;
}

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Adefault

Bmain

Cprimary_server

Ddefault_server

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'default' instead of 'default_server' causes Nginx to fail to start.

Omitting the default_server keyword means this server is not default.

The correct keyword to set a default server is 'default_server'. 'default' is invalid and causes an error.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a server block that listens on port 80 and sets it as the default server.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1] [2];
    server_name default.example.com;
}

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A80

Bdefault_server

Cssl

Dhttp2

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'ssl' or 'http2' without 'default_server' does not set default.

Swapping the order of port and default_server causes syntax errors.

The listen directive needs the port number '80' and the 'default_server' keyword to mark it as default.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a server block that listens on port 443 with SSL and sets it as the default server.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1] [2] [3];
    server_name secure.default.com;
}

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A443

Bssl

Cdefault_server

Dhttp2

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Omitting 'ssl' causes HTTPS to fail.

Not including 'default_server' means this is not the default server.

Using 'http2' instead of 'ssl' is incorrect for SSL setup.

The listen directive requires port '443', 'ssl' for HTTPS, and 'default_server' to mark it as default.