Change listen option to this in your catch-all server block. (Add default_server) this will take all your non-defined connections (on the specified port). listen 80 default_server; if you want to push everything to index.php if the file or folder does not exist; try_files $uri /$uri /index.php; Per the docs, It can also be set explicitly … Read more
Since my react app could use the root as forward target this ended up working for me @Configuration public class WebConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter { @Override public void addViewControllers(ViewControllerRegistry registry) { registry.addViewController(“/{spring:\\w+}”) .setViewName(“forward:/”); registry.addViewController(“/**/{spring:\\w+}”) .setViewName(“forward:/”); registry.addViewController(“/{spring:\\w+}/**{spring:?!(\\.js|\\.css)$}”) .setViewName(“forward:/”); } } To be honest I have no idea why it has to be exactly in this specific format … Read more