Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "Or if your system does not come with the service command:"

A block of code is set as follows:

include /file/path.conf;
include sites/*.conf;

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

user nginx nginx;
master_process on;
worker_processes 4;
events {
  worker_connections 1024;
  use epoll;
}

Any command-line input or output is ...

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