nginx serve static files AND reverse proxy
Solution 1:
index mysite.html directive makes nginx server mysite.html to all requests that end with /.
If you want to only serve files from backend when a static file is not found, you need to have:
location / {
# SERVE STATIC FILES:
root C:blah/blah/blah;
try_files $uri $uri/ @proxy;
}
location @proxy {
# ANDDDD REVERSE PROXY TO BACKEND SERVERS:
proxy_pass https://backend;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
proxy_read_timeout 86400;
}