server { listen 80; root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.html; # SPA fallback — serve index.html for all routes location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html; } # Proxy API requests to the backend # Uses Docker's embedded DNS with a variable so nginx resolves at request # time rather than at startup — prevents crash if api is temporarily down. location /api/ { resolver 127.0.0.11 valid=10s; set $upstream http://api:8000; proxy_pass $upstream; 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; } # Cache static assets location /assets/ { expires 1y; add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable"; } }