NGINX: location: Match exact uri

Using = operator, we can match exact uris.

location = /welcome {

         return 200 "Hey, welcome to NGINX";

}

  

nginx.conf

events {
    
}

http {
    server {
        listen 9090;

        server_name localhost;

        location = /welcome {
            return 200 "Hey, welcome to NGINX";
        }
    }
}

Validate and reload the configuration.

$sudo nginx -t
nginx: the configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
$
$sudo nginx -s reload

Open the url 'http://localhost:9090/welcome' in browser, you can see below screen.

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