server_name directive in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

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

Nginx

server_name [1];

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Aexample.com

Blocalhost

Cdefault_server

D_

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'localhost' instead of the actual domain name.

Using 'default_server' which is not a valid server_name.

The server_name directive specifies the domain name that the server block responds to. Here, example.com is the correct domain.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to set the server to respond to both www.example.com and example.com.

Nginx

server_name [1];

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A_

Bexample.com

Cwww.example.com

Dexample.com www.example.com

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Listing only one domain name.

Using commas instead of spaces.

The server_name directive can list multiple names separated by spaces. This allows the server to respond to both example.com and www.example.com.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the server_name directive to correctly match all subdomains of example.com.

Nginx

server_name [1];

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A*.example.com

Bexample.*

Cexample.com*

Dwww.*.com

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Placing the wildcard after the domain name.

Using wildcards in the middle of the domain.

Using *.example.com matches all subdomains of example.com, like blog.example.com or shop.example.com.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to set the server to respond to example.com and redirect www.example.com to it.

Nginx

server_name [1];
if ($host = [2]) {
    return 301 https://example.com$request_uri;
}

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aexample.com

Bwww.example.com

Clocalhost

D_

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Swapping the domain names in the blanks.

Using localhost instead of the actual domain.

The server listens to example.com. The if condition checks if the host is www.example.com and redirects it to example.com.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a server block that listens on port 80, sets server_name to example.com and www.example.com, and redirects all HTTP requests to HTTPS.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1];
    server_name [2];
    return [3] https://$host$request_uri;
}

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A80

Bexample.com www.example.com

C301

D443

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using port 443 for listening in this block.

Using 302 instead of 301 for redirect.

Not listing both domain names in server_name.

The server listens on port 80 (HTTP). It responds to both example.com and www.example.com. The return 301 redirects all requests to HTTPS.