server { listen 8443; server_name _; root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.html; location /api/ { # preserve the original URI (/api/...) when proxying proxy_pass http://backend:4000; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade'; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade; 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_buffering off; chunked_transfer_encoding off; } location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html; } }