Why virtual hosting serves multiple domains in Nginx - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the server name for a virtual host.

Nginx

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name [1];
    root /var/www/example;
}

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A192.168.1.1

Blocalhost

Cexample.com

Ddefault_server

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using IP address instead of domain name in server_name.

The server_name directive tells Nginx which domain this server block will respond to. Using example.com sets the virtual host for that domain.

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medium

Complete the code to listen on port 80 for HTTP requests.

Nginx

server {
    [1] 80;
    server_name example.com;
    root /var/www/example;
}

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Alisten

Bserver_name

Clocation

Dproxy_pass

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using server_name instead of listen for port.

The listen directive tells Nginx which port to listen on for incoming requests. Port 80 is the default for HTTP.

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hard

Fix the error in the server block to serve multiple domains.

Nginx

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com [1];
    root /var/www/example;
}

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Alocation

Blisten

Croot

Dexample.org

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Adding directives instead of domain names in server_name.

To serve multiple domains in one server block, list them all in the server_name directive separated by spaces.

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hard

Fill both blanks to configure two server blocks for different domains.

Nginx

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name [1];
    root /var/www/site1;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name [2];
    root /var/www/site2;
}

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Asite1.com

Bsite2.com

Cexample.com

Dlocalhost

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the same domain for both server blocks.

Each server block should have its own domain in server_name to serve different sites.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the virtual host configuration for multiple domains with different roots.

Nginx

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

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A80

Bmydomain.com

C/var/www/mydomain

D443

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using port 443 without SSL configuration.

Setting root to wrong directory.

Listen on port 80 for HTTP, set the server_name to the domain, and root to the folder with site files.