Simple API + UI nginx configuration for development

nginx.conf

#user  nobody;
daemon off;
worker_processes  1;

events {
    worker_connections  256;
}

http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    sendfile        on;
    #tcp_nopush     on;

    #keepalive_timeout  0;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    #gzip  on;

    server {
        listen       8080;
        server_name  localhost;

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

        location / {
          proxy_pass http://localhost:5000/;
        }
    }
}