Rewrite flags (last, break, redirect, permanent) in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to rewrite the URL and stop processing further rewrite directives.

Nginx

rewrite ^/oldpath$ /newpath [1];

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Alast

Bredirect

Cpermanent

Dbreak

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'break' which stops rewrite but does not restart location search.

Using 'redirect' or 'permanent' which send HTTP redirects instead of internal rewrite.

The last flag tells nginx to stop processing rewrite directives in the current location and restart the search with the new URI.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to rewrite the URL and send a temporary redirect to the client.

Nginx

rewrite ^/temp$ /newtemp [1];

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Apermanent

Blast

Cbreak

Dredirect

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'permanent' which sends a 301 permanent redirect instead.

Using 'last' or 'break' which perform internal rewrites without redirecting the client.

The redirect flag sends a 302 temporary redirect to the client, telling it to request the new URL.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the rewrite rule to send a permanent redirect to the client.

Nginx

rewrite ^/oldpage$ /newpage [1];

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Abreak

Bpermanent

Credirect

Dlast

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'redirect' which sends a temporary redirect instead.

Using 'last' or 'break' which do not send redirects to the client.

The permanent flag sends a 301 permanent redirect to the client, indicating the resource has moved permanently.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to rewrite the URL internally and stop processing further rewrite directives.

Nginx

location /example {
    rewrite ^/example/(.*)$ /newexample/$1[1];
    [2];
}

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Abreak

Blast

Creturn 404

Drewrite ^/old$ /new

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'last' instead of 'break' which restarts location search.

Using 'rewrite ^/old$ /new' as a directive which is invalid here.

The break flag stops further rewrite processing inside the location. The return 404 directive sends a 404 error response.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to rewrite the URL with a permanent redirect and stop processing.

Nginx

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;

    location /old {
        rewrite ^/old/(.*)$ /new/$1[1];
        [2];
        [3];
    }
}

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Alast

Breturn 301

Cpermanent

Dbreak

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'last' instead of 'break' which restarts location search.

Using 'redirect' instead of 'permanent' for permanent redirects.

Omitting the 'break' flag causing unexpected further rewrites.

The permanent flag sends a 301 redirect. The return 301 explicitly returns a 301 status. The break stops further rewrite processing.