From 6bfc9b04d200c234716f36eb06846039c00fd2ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Rados=C5=82aw=20Gierwia=C5=82o?= <github@radziel.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 18:20:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add nginx config for SPA routing in production

- Create nginx.conf with try_files directive for React Router
- Update Dockerfile.prod to copy nginx configuration
- Fixes 404 errors on direct navigation to /login, /register, etc.
- Add gzip compression and static asset caching
---
 frontend/Dockerfile.prod |  4 ++--
 frontend/nginx.conf      | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 frontend/nginx.conf

diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile.prod b/frontend/Dockerfile.prod
index 00a9e13..e3577d3 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile.prod
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile.prod
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ FROM nginx:alpine
 # Copy built assets from builder stage
 COPY --from=builder /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
 
-# Copy nginx configuration (if needed)
-# COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+# Copy nginx configuration for SPA routing
+COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
 
 # Expose port
 EXPOSE 80
diff --git a/frontend/nginx.conf b/frontend/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84db185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name _;
+    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    index index.html;
+
+    # Enable gzip compression
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_vary on;
+    gzip_min_length 1024;
+    gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml text/javascript application/javascript application/json application/xml+rss image/svg+xml;
+
+    # SPA fallback - serve index.html for all non-file routes
+    location / {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+    }
+
+    # Cache static assets
+    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg|woff|woff2|ttf|eot)$ {
+        expires 1y;
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable";
+    }
+}