server { listen 80; server_name _; root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.html; # ── Gzip compression ───────────────────────────────────── gzip on; gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript image/svg+xml; gzip_min_length 256; # ── API reverse proxy → backend container ───────────────── location /api/ { proxy_pass http://backend:8000; 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 60s; } # ── Static assets with long-term caching ────────────────── location /assets/ { expires 1y; add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable"; try_files $uri =404; } # ── SPA fallback — serve index.html for client routes ───── location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html; } }