server { listen 80; server_name localhost; # Root directory for static files root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.html index.htm; # Serve static files directly location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html; } # Proxy API requests to the backend service location /api/ { # rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break; # Remove /api prefix before proxying - REMOVED to match backend routes proxy_pass http://backend:3001; # Proxy to backend root, backend expects /api/v1/... # Standard proxy headers 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; # WebSocket support (if needed by the backend API) proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; } # Optional: Add headers for caching, security, etc. # Example: Cache assets aggressively location ~* \.(?:css|js|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg|woff|woff2|ttf|eot)$ { expires 1y; add_header Cache-Control "public"; } }