dev.conf

server {
  listen 8080 default_server;

  root /usr/share/nginx/html/;

  location / {
    # First attempt to serve request as file, then
    # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
  }

  location /api {
      rewrite ^/api/(.*) /$1 break;
      proxy_pass http://json-server:3000/api;
  }

}