upstream web_app { server backend_service:5000; } server { listen 80; location / { root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.html index.htm; try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html =404; } location ~ /api/ { proxy_pass http://web_app; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_redirect off; } }