server { listen 80; server_name localhost; root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.html; # Gzip compression gzip on; gzip_vary on; gzip_min_length 1024; gzip_types text/plain text/css text/javascript application/javascript application/json; # API requests proxy to backend location /api { proxy_pass http://server:3000; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; } # Static assets with cache headers location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg|woff|woff2)$ { expires 1y; add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable"; try_files $uri =404; } # SPA fallback - all routes go to index.html location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html; } }