Basic nginx sites-available conf for node reverse proxy + gzipped static files; external https rewrites assumed (i.e. cloudflare)

example.com

server {
    server_name example.com;
    return 301 https://example.com$request_uri;
}

server {

    listen [::]:80;
    listen 80;

    gzip on;
    gzip_comp_level 6;
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_min_length  1000;
    gzip_proxied any;
    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
    gzip_buffers 16 8k;

    sendfile on;

    keepalive_timeout  65;

    server_name example.com;

    location ~* ^.+\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|svg|ico|css|js)$ {
        root   /home/app/example.com/dist;
        access_log off;
        expires max;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://<IP_ADDRESS>:8080;
        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;
    }

}