nginx won't change root to sub directory
riffing off of mim's comment, I got it to work this way
# this one is now working as planned :)server { listen 80; server_name second.domain.com; location / { # added mim's suggestiong here rewrite /folder/(.*) /$1 break; # then added the folder after the port proxy_pass http://localhost:3000/folder; 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; root /dir; index index.html; } }