SSL certificate installation in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the SSL certificate file path in the nginx configuration.

Nginx

ssl_certificate [1];

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A/etc/nginx/ssl/server.crt

B/etc/nginx/ssl/server.key

C/etc/nginx/ssl/ca_bundle.crt

D/etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the private key file path instead of the certificate file path.

Using the CA bundle file path in place of the certificate file.

The ssl_certificate directive points to the SSL certificate file, usually ending with .crt.

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medium

Complete the code to specify the SSL certificate key file path in the nginx configuration.

Nginx

ssl_certificate_key [1];

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A/etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem

B/etc/nginx/ssl/ca_bundle.crt

C/etc/nginx/ssl/server.crt

D/etc/nginx/ssl/server.key

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the certificate file path instead of the private key file path.

Using the CA bundle or DH parameters file path here.

The ssl_certificate_key directive points to the private key file, usually ending with .key.

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hard

Fix the error in the nginx SSL configuration line to enable SSL on port 443.

Nginx

listen 443 [1];

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Ahttp

Bssl

Chttps

Dtcp

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'http' or 'https' instead of 'ssl' in the listen directive.

Omitting the 'ssl' keyword, causing SSL not to work.

The listen 443 ssl; directive tells nginx to listen on port 443 with SSL enabled.

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hard

Fill both blanks to complete the nginx SSL configuration for the certificate and key files.

Nginx

ssl_certificate [1];
ssl_certificate_key [2];

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A/etc/nginx/ssl/mydomain.crt

B/etc/nginx/ssl/mydomain.key

C/etc/nginx/ssl/server.key

D/etc/nginx/ssl/server.crt

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping the certificate and key file paths.

Using default server files instead of your domain's files.

The ssl_certificate should point to the certificate file, and ssl_certificate_key to the private key file.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the nginx SSL server block snippet with listen, certificate, and key directives.

Nginx

server {
    listen 443 [1];
    ssl_certificate [2];
    ssl_certificate_key [3];
}

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Assl

B/etc/nginx/ssl/example.com.crt

C/etc/nginx/ssl/example.com.key

Dhttp

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'http' instead of 'ssl' in the listen directive.

Mixing up certificate and key file paths.

This server block listens on port 443 with SSL enabled and uses the specified certificate and key files.