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Before we start configuring our engineer web server it's important to understand the terminology used

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in engine X configuration files understanding configuration terms will not only help you throughout

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this course but is also needed to fully understand and make use of the engineer's documentation.

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The two main configuration terms is context and directive directives.

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A specific configuration options that get set in the configuration files and consist of a name and a

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value context on the other hand a sections within the configuration where directives can be set for

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that given context.

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Essentially context is the same as scope and like scope context are also nested and inherit from their

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parents with the topmost context simply being the configuration file itself.

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This is called the main context and is where we configure global directives that apply to the master

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process.

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Are there important contexts include the HTP context for anything HTP related the server context which

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is where we define a virtual host similar to an Apache V host and location contexts for matching.

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You are right locations on incoming requests to the parent server context again when using the engineer's

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documentation.

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These terms will be used for each directive so they are important to understand.

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In the next lesson we'll start putting all this into practice by creating our very first virtual host.