Nginx - location block

location block

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Matching order

1. = Exact match
2. ^~ Preferential match
3. ~ & *~ Regex match
4. no mofier Prefix match

# Matches any prefix 
# /greet 
# /greeting
# /greet/something
location /greet {
  return 200 'Hello from nginx prefix match location block';
} 

# Exact match
location = /greet {
  return 200 'Hello from nginx exact match location block';    
} 

# Regex match - case sensitive
# /greet123
location ~ /greet[0-9] {
  return 200 'Hello from nginx case sensitive regex match location block';    
} 

# Regex match - case insensitive
# 
location *~ /greet[0-9] {
  return 200 'Hello from nginx case insensitive regex match location block';    
} 

# Prefix preferential match
# Same as location /greet, but more important than regex match
location ^~ /greet {
  return 200 'Hello from nginx match with preferential over regex match location block';    
}