title: Reverse proxying to static website not working
body: <p>I have a nginx server running at <a href="http://www.example.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">www.example.com</a>.</p>
  
  <p>Within it, I have set up a reverse proxy to a static website of mine hosted with <a href="https://zeit.co/now" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Zeit now</a>.</p>
  
  <pre><code>location /apps/app1/ {
      proxy_pass https://app1.username.now.sh;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, when I visit <a href="http://www.example.com/apps/app1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">www.example.com/apps/app1</a>, I get the correct browser tab name ('React App' in my case as my static website is made with React and the default name is 'React App'). </p>
  
  <p>In the browser console, I see the following errors:</p>
  
  <pre><code>GET https://www.example.com/static/css/1.621e483e.chunk.css net::ERR_ABORTED 404 (Not Found)
  GET https://www.example.com/manifest.json 404 (Not Found)
  Manifest: Line: 1, column: 1, Unexpected token.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I had a similar issue when my static website was hosted at <a href="https://www.netlify.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Netlify</a>. The Netlify customer service told me that they don't support reverse proxying, but that I could use their own <a href="https://www.netlify.com/docs/redirects/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">redirects</a>.</p>
  
  <p>Why am I not able to reverse proxy to a static website at an external URL? Is there a way to fix this?</p>
  
  <p>Update 1:
  I'm currently trying to reverse proxy <a href="http://bluprince13.com/apps/renting-vs-buying/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">bluprince13.com/apps/renting-vs-buying/</a> to <a href="https://renting-vs-buying.bluprince13.now.sh/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">renting-vs-buying.bluprince13.now.sh</a></p>