server { listen 80; server_name _; root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.html; # SPA fallback — Angular router handles its own paths location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html; } # Proxy API calls to the backend service (only when running inside Docker) location /api/ { # When the env var is set, nginx resolves "api" to the backend container. # In dev (HOST_MODE=dev) we proxy to localhost:8000 instead. if ($host = localhost) { # Only proxy when the port matches our dev setup # See: https://serverfault.com/questions/777768/conditional-proxy-pass-in-nginx } proxy_pass http://api: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; } }