Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

Structure blocks

In the previous chapter, we discovered the core module by studying the default Nginx configuration file which includes a sequence of directives and values, with no apparent organization. Then came the events module, which introduced the first block, (events). This block is the only placeholder for all of the directives brought in by the events module.

As it turns out, the HTTP module introduces three new logical blocks:

• http: This block is inserted at the root of the configuration file. It allows you to start defining directives and blocks from all modules related to the HTTP facet of Nginx. Although there is no real purpose in doing so, the block can be inserted multiple times, in which case the directive values inserted ...