Server block structure in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to start a basic server block listening on port 80.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1];
}

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A80

B443

C22

D8080

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using port 443 which is for HTTPS instead of 80.

Using port 22 which is for SSH.

The listen directive specifies the port the server block listens on. Port 80 is the default for HTTP.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to set the server name to example.com.

Nginx

server {
    server_name [1];
}

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Alocalhost

Bdefault

Cmyserver

Dexample.com

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using localhost which is for local testing.

Using generic names like default which won't match the domain.

The server_name directive defines which domain names this server block responds to. Here, it should be example.com.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the server block to correctly serve files from /var/www/html.

Nginx

server {
    root [1];
}

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A/home/user/html

B/etc/nginx/html

C/var/www/html

D/usr/share/nginx/html

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using /usr/share/nginx/html which is default for some distros but not the target here.

Using home directories which are not accessible by nginx.

The root directive sets the directory where the website files are located. The standard web root is /var/www/html.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to configure the server block to listen on port 443 and enable SSL.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1] ssl;
    ssl_certificate [2];
}

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A443

B/etc/ssl/certs/server.crt

C/etc/nginx/ssl/server.key

D80

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using port 80 which is for HTTP, not HTTPS.

Confusing certificate and key file paths.

Port 443 is the standard port for HTTPS. The ssl_certificate directive points to the SSL certificate file.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a server block that listens on port 80, sets server_name to mysite.com, and serves files from /srv/mysite.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1];
    server_name [2];
    root [3];
}

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A443

Bmysite.com

C/srv/mysite

D80

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using port 443 for HTTP instead of 80.

Setting server_name to localhost or default.

Using wrong root directory paths.

This server block listens on port 80 (HTTP), responds to mysite.com, and serves files from /srv/mysite.