server { listen 80; server_name voce.dev.luketic; error_log /var/log/nginx/voce_error.log; # pass the request to the node.js server with the correct headers and much more can be added, see nginx config options location /api/v1/ { proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true; proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/; proxy_redirect off; } location / { root /home/darko/go/src/github.com/dalu/voce/static/; try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html =404; } }