upstream backend { server backend:3000; keepalive 32; # reuse connections to backend } upstream frontend { server frontend:80; keepalive 16; } # Shared proxy settings proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Connection ""; # enable keepalive to upstreams proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; # Buffer settings — prevent 502s when backend is slow to respond proxy_buffering on; proxy_buffer_size 16k; proxy_buffers 8 16k; proxy_busy_buffers_size 32k; # Redirect HTTP → HTTPS server { listen 80; server_name _; location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ { root /var/www/certbot; } location / { return 301 https://$host$request_uri; } } # HTTPS server server { listen 443 ssl; # Replace with your hostname: server_name staging.example.com; # --- TLS certificates --- ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/staging.example.com/fullchain.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/staging.example.com/privkey.pem; ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3; ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384'; ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m; ssl_session_timeout 1d; ssl_session_tickets off; add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains" always; add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff always; add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN always; # --- Rate limit zone (10 req/s per IP for API) --- limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=api_limit:10m rate=10r/s; # --- API routes → backend --- location /api/ { limit_req zone=api_limit burst=30 nodelay; proxy_pass http://backend; proxy_read_timeout 30s; proxy_connect_timeout 5s; proxy_send_timeout 15s; } # AI endpoints → longer timeouts location /api/investment-planning/recommendations { proxy_pass http://backend; proxy_read_timeout 180s; proxy_connect_timeout 10s; proxy_send_timeout 30s; } location /api/health-scores/calculate { proxy_pass http://backend; proxy_read_timeout 180s; proxy_connect_timeout 10s; proxy_send_timeout 30s; } # --- Static frontend → built React assets --- location / { proxy_pass http://frontend; proxy_read_timeout 10s; proxy_connect_timeout 5s; # Cache static assets aggressively at the proxy level proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade; } }