nginx Magic Variables

Let's say an upstream, proxied by nginx, sets a cookie foo=bar in its HTTP response. To use this cookie name as a variable in nginx configuration, use the magic prefix $cookie_ and the variable becomes $cookie_foo. But how did a cookie become a variable? I call it a magic variable. It could also be called an arbitrary variable.

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Configure Wifi on Ubuntu Server with Netplan

Add a file, 1-wlan0.yaml, to /etc/netplan/ with the following contents,

$ sudo cat << EOF >> /etc/netplan/1-wlan0.yaml
network:
    version: 2
    wifis:
        wlan0:
            optional: true
            access-points:
                NAME_OF_YOUR_ESSID:
                    password: "YOUR_SECRET_WPA_PSK_HERE"
            dhcp4: true
            dhcp6: true
EOF

Then apply the plan,

$ sudo netplan apply