nginx.conf

log_format compression '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] '
  '"$request" $status $upstream_addr '
  '"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent"';

# Redirect 80 to 443
server {
  listen 80 default_server;
  server_name _;
  return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}

server {
  # Listen on 443
  listen 443 ssl;

  # Configure cets
  ssl_certificate /path/to/certificates/something.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key /path/to/certificates/something.key;

  # domains, ips, etc
  server_name mikel.com www.mikel.com;

  # set the root folder
  root /path/to/app;
  
  access_log /path/to/app/log/nginx.access.log compression;
  error_log /path/to/app/log/nginx.error.log info;

  # what file to server as index
  index index.html index.htm;

  location / {
    # First attempt to serve request as file, then
    # as directory, then fall back to redirecting to index.html
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
  }

  # Media: images, icons, video, audio, HTC
  location ~* \.(?:jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|cur|gz|svg|svgz|mp4|ogg|ogv|webm|htc)$ {
    expires 1M;
    access_log off;
    add_header Cache-Control "public";
  }

  # Javascript and CSS files
  location ~* \.(?:css|js)$ {
      try_files $uri =404;
      expires 1y;
      access_log off;
      add_header Cache-Control "public";
  }

  # Any route containing a file extension (e.g. /devicesfile.js)
  location ~ ^.+\..+$ {
      try_files $uri =404;
  }

  location /api {
    # all /api requests are proxied to the server
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
    proxy_buffering off;
  }
}