http { server { listen 80; server_name localhost; # Serve the React app root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.html; # Frontend routes (SPA) location / { try_files $uri /index.html; } # API routes (proxy to backend) location /api/ { proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3001; # Forward API requests to backend proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_redirect off; # Disable automatic redirects by the backend (if any) } # Optional: Custom error handling error_page 404 /404.html; error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html; location = /50x.html { root /usr/share/nginx/html; } } }