how to make example.com for webapp while example.com/single for static web

@frostless

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As for the configuration, even with the SSL configuration, you’d simply add:

    location /static {
        root /path/to/static/files;
    }

to your second sever block, below the first location block. You’d simply modify the path to match where your static files are located.

I dont know why my comments keep being rejected

But actually my current setting is like this, followed by the guide:

server {
        listen 80;
        listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}

server {
        listen 443;
        server_name your_domain_name;

        ssl on;
        # Use certificate and key provided by Let's Encrypt:
        ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/your_domain_name/fullchain.pem;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/your_domain_name/privkey.pem;
        ssl_session_timeout 5m;
        ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
        ssl_ciphers 'EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH';

        # Pass requests for / to localhost:8080:
        location / {
                proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
                proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
                proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
                proxy_pass http://localhost:8080/;
                proxy_ssl_session_reuse off;
                proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
                proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
                proxy_redirect off;
        }
}

@frostless

You can add additional location blocks to your main server block and set explicit paths.

For example, if we use the server block that was provided in that guide:

server {
    listen 80;

    server_name example.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }
}

We can add a new location block below the first. For the purpose of this example, I’ll use /static.

server {
    listen 80;

    server_name example.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }

    location /static {
        root /path/to/static/files;
    }
}

In the above, we’re telling NGINX to pass requests for ./static/..... to the /static location block, which defines a root directory – this would be the full path to where the static files are location.

So if your static files were located in, for example, /home/username/htdocs/static, that’s the path you would use.

You’ll need to reload or restart NGINX after changes are made to configuration.