Separate config files per site in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to include the site configuration file in nginx main config.

Nginx

include [1];

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A/etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf

B/etc/nginx/sites-available/*

C/usr/local/nginx/conf/*.conf

D/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*

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Common Mistakes

Using sites-available instead of sites-enabled

Using conf.d which is for general configs

Using wrong directory paths

The include directive with /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/* includes all enabled site configs.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to create a symbolic link for site1 config from sites-available to sites-enabled.

Nginx

ln -s [1] /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/site1.conf

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A/usr/local/nginx/sites-available/site1.conf

B/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/site1.conf

C/etc/nginx/sites-available/site1.conf

D/etc/nginx/conf.d/site1.conf

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Linking from sites-enabled to sites-available

Using wrong source path

Confusing conf.d with sites-available

The symbolic link should point from the available site config to the enabled directory.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the server block to listen on port 80 for site2.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1];
    server_name site2.example.com;
    root /var/www/site2;
}

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A8080

B80

C443 ssl

Dlocalhost

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using port 8080 which is non-standard

Using 443 without SSL config

Using 'localhost' which is invalid here

Port 80 is the default HTTP port for nginx to listen on.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a server block for site3 listening on port 443 with SSL enabled.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1] [2];
    server_name site3.example.com;
    root /var/www/site3;
}

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A443

Bssl

C80

Dhttp2

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Common Mistakes

Using port 80 for HTTPS

Omitting the ssl keyword

Using http2 without ssl

Port 443 with ssl enables HTTPS for the server block.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a location block that serves static files from /var/www/site4/static and disables logging.

Nginx

location [1] {
    root [2];
    access_log [3] off;
}

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A/static

B/var/www/site4

Coff

D/var/www/site4/static

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using full path in location instead of URL path

Setting root to static subfolder instead of base

Incorrect syntax for disabling access_log

The location /static serves static files from the root /var/www/site4. Access logging is turned off with access_log off;.