Nginx - Block

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block in Nginx is a grammar construct of the directive type.

It groups:

• name and parameters
• and a set of additional instructions surrounded by braces ({ and }).

See Language - Code Block (Grouping of Statement)

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Context

If a block directive can have other directives inside braces, it is called a context block. Examples:

• events,
• http,
• server,
• location