#forward the post request to the microservice location /api/ttt/ { proxy_pass http://app-tic-tac-toe; } location /api/ttt/socket.io/ { proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade"; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_read_timeout 3600s; proxy_pass http://app-tic-tac-toe; }