Why monitoring ensures reliability in Nginx - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to enable basic status monitoring in Nginx.

Nginx

server {
    listen 80;
    location /nginx_status {
        stub_status [1];
        allow 127.0.0.1;
        deny all;
    }
}

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

Aoff

Benable

Con

Dtrue

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'off' disables the status page.

Using 'enable' or 'true' are not valid directives here.

The stub_status on; directive enables Nginx's built-in status monitoring page.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to allow access to the Nginx status page only from localhost.

Nginx

location /nginx_status {
    stub_status on;
    allow [1];
    deny all;
}

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A127.0.0.1

B0.0.0.0

C192.168.1.1

Dlocalhost

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'localhost' instead of IP address causes errors.

Allowing '0.0.0.0' would allow all IPs, which is insecure.

The IP 127.0.0.1 represents localhost, allowing only local access.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the Nginx configuration to correctly enable status monitoring.

Nginx

location /status {
    stub_status [1];
    allow 127.0.0.1;
    deny all;
}

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Aactive

Benable

Ctrue

Don

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'enable' causes syntax errors.

Using 'true' is not recognized by Nginx.

The correct directive value is on to enable stub status.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to configure Nginx to listen on port 8080 and enable status monitoring.

Nginx

server {
    listen [1];
    location /status {
        stub_status [2];
        allow 127.0.0.1;
        deny all;
    }
}

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

A8080

B80

Con

Doff

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using port 80 instead of 8080.

Setting stub_status to 'off' disables monitoring.

Port 8080 is specified by listen 8080; and status monitoring is enabled by stub_status on;.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a location block that enables stub status, allows localhost, and denies others.

Nginx

location [1] {
    stub_status [2];
    allow [3];
    deny all;
}

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A/nginx_status

Bon

C127.0.0.1

D/status

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '/status' instead of '/nginx_status' for location.

Setting stub_status to 'off' disables monitoring.

Allowing IP other than 127.0.0.1.

The location path is /nginx_status, stub_status is enabled with on, and access is allowed only from 127.0.0.1.