nginx location

Nginx supports location directive, which is used to define different configuration blocks based on URL patterns. It allows you to specify different settings for specific URLs or sets of URLs.

The basic syntax of the location directive in Nginx is as follows:

location [modifier] pattern {
    ...
}

Here, the `modifier` can be `~` for case-sensitive matching, `~*` for case-insensitive matching, `^~` for matching against the prefix, or `=` for exact matching. The `pattern` is a regular expression or a simple string to match against the request URI.

Within the location block, you can specify various configuration settings such as proxy_pass, try_files, root, etc., to handle the request for that specific location.

For example, to proxy requests to a backend server for a specific location, you can use the following configuration:

location /api {
    proxy_pass http://backend-server;
}

This configuration will proxy all requests starting with "/api" to the specified backend server.

You can have multiple location blocks to handle different URLs or URL patterns based on your requirements.