Volume mounting for configs in Nginx - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the Docker command to mount a local config file into the nginx container.

Nginx

docker run -d -p 8080:80 -v [1]:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro nginx

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A/home/user/nginx.conf

B/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

C/var/log/nginx

D/usr/share/nginx/html

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the container path on the left side instead of the local path.

Mounting a directory instead of the config file.

You need to mount your local nginx.conf file into the container's config path. The local path is /home/user/nginx.conf.

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medium

Complete the Docker Compose volume syntax to mount a config directory.

Nginx

volumes:
  - [1]:/etc/nginx/conf.d:ro

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A/etc/nginx/conf.d

B/usr/share/nginx/html

C/var/log/nginx

D./config

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the container path on the left side.

Forgetting the ':ro' to make the mount read-only.

The left side is the local directory path relative to the compose file. Here, './config' is mounted read-only to the container's config directory.

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hard

Fix the error in the Docker run command to correctly mount the config file.

Nginx

docker run -d -p 80:80 -v /home/user/nginx.conf[1] nginx

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A:/home/user/nginx.conf

B:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

C/home/user/nginx.conf:

D/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Reversing the local and container paths.

Missing the colon separator.

The volume mount syntax is local_path:container_path. The local config file must be on the left, container path on the right.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a Docker Compose service that mounts a config file read-only.

Nginx

services:
  nginx:
    image: nginx
    volumes:
      - [1]:[2]:ro

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A./nginx.conf

B/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

C/var/log/nginx

D/usr/share/nginx/html

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping local and container paths.

Forgetting the ':ro' suffix.

The local config file './nginx.conf' is mounted read-only to the container path '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf'.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define a Docker Compose volume mount for a config directory with read-only access.

Nginx

services:
  webserver:
    image: nginx
    volumes:
      - [1]:[2]:[3]

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A./config

B/etc/nginx/conf.d

Cro

Drw

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'rw' instead of 'ro' when read-only is required.

Swapping local and container paths.

The local directory './config' is mounted read-only ('ro') to the container directory '/etc/nginx/conf.d'.