nginx-site.conf

# pushState friendly!
# The setup:
#   * javascript app is located at `${APP_DIR}`

charset utf-8;

tcp_nopush on;
tcp_nodelay off;
client_header_timeout ${CLIENT_HEADER_TIMEOUT}s;
client_body_timeout ${CLIENT_BODY_TIMEOUT}s;
client_max_body_size ${CLIENT_MAX_BODY_SIZE}k;
reset_timedout_connection on;

gzip_types
    text/css
    text/javascript
    text/xml
    text/plain
    application/javascript
    application/x-javascript
    application/json
    application/xml
    application/rss+xml
    application/atom+xml
    font/truetype
    font/opentype
    image/svg+xml;

server {
  listen 80;
  server_tokens off;
  
  root ${APP_DIR};

  # Redirect missing static files to index.html
  # Magic behind making React Router work.
  location / {
    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
    index  index.html index.htm;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
  }

  # Health check
  location /_ping {
    return 200 'Gangnam style!';
    add_header Content-Type text/plain;
  }
}