nginx.conf

# Set the default MIME type for unrecognized files to binary.
#default_type application/octet-stream;

# Enable gzip compression to reduce transferred data size and improve performance.
gzip                    on;
gzip_comp_level         6;               # Set compression level.
gzip_vary               on;              # Add "Vary: Accept-Encoding" header.
gzip_min_length         1000;            # Minimum length for compression.
gzip_proxied            any;             # Enable compression for proxied requests.
gzip_types              text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
                                         # Specify types of content to compress.
gzip_buffers            16 8k;           # Set gzip buffer size.

# Set the maximum allowed size for the client request body.
client_max_body_size    256M;

# Set the root directory from which Nginx will serve files.
root /usr/share/nginx/html;

# Define the server block to handle incoming requests.
server {
    # Listen for incoming connections on all available IPv4 and IPv6 addresses on port 80.
    listen 0.0.0.0:80;
    listen [::]:80;
    
    server_name localhost;

    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    index index.html;
    # Define how Nginx should handle requests for the root path ("/").
    location / {
        root /usr/share/nginx/html/browser;
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html =404;  # Try to serve requested URI, directory index, or fallback to index.html. Return 404 if none succeed.
    }
}