server { listen 80; server_name _; root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.html; # Static assets — long cache location /assets/ { expires 30d; add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable"; try_files $uri =404; } # API proxy to the backend service (docker-compose internal DNS) location /api/ { proxy_pass http://backend:4000/api/; 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; proxy_read_timeout 120s; client_max_body_size 15M; } # SPA fallback location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html; } }