nginx Setup

Nginx configuration that works for React deployment

server {
listen 80 default_server;
server_name _;

root /var/www/html;
index index.html index.htm;

location ~* \.(?:manifest|appcache|html?|xml|json)$ {
expires -1;
# access_log logs/static.log; # I don't usually include a static log
}

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;
}

# Any route that doesn't have a file extension (e.g. /devices)
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
}
}