Nginx configuration files are simply sequences of directives that can take up to eight space-separated arguments, for example: gzip_types text/plain text/css application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript In the configuration file, the directives are delimited by a semicolon ( ; ) from one another. Some of the directives may have a block instead of a semicolon. … Continue reading Nginx core concepts