nginx.conf

One server{} for a site service.

Use location to specify router of requests.

proxy_pass target to delegate inverse .

root dir to specify static files directory.

server_name to set domains whose requests will be handled.

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// a node server listening to 3000
// handle requests from example.com

server {
  listen: 80;
  server_name: example.com;
    location / {
      index index.html;
      root: /public/;
      proxy_pass http://location:3000
    }
}

Gzip

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gzip on;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_min_length 1024;
gzip_buffers 4 8k;
gzip_types text/css application/javascript application/atom+xml application/rss+xml text/plain image/svg+xml application/json text/javascript;

CORS

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server {
  listen: 80;
  server_name: example.com;

  location / {
    add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *;
    add_header Access-Control_Allow_Credentials true;
    add_header Access-Control-AllowMethods GET,POST,OPTIONS;
    index index.html;
    root: /public/
  }
}

API delegate

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server {
  listen: 80;
  server_name: example.com;

  location /api {
    proxy_pass: https://localhost:3000;
  }
}

HTTP to HTTPS

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server {
  listen: 80;
  server_name: example.com, *.example.com;

  location / {
    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
  }
}

server {
  listen: 443 ssl;
  server_name example.com;
  ssl_certificate /crts/crt.pem; // add the certificate
  ssl_certificate_key /crts/key.pem
    location / {
      index index.html;
      root: /public/
    }
}