diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "2"
+
+services:
+  frontend:
+    image: nginx:stable
+    volumes:
+      - ./nginx:/etc/nginx/conf.d/
+      - ./build:/www
+    links:
+      - backend
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "443:443"
+
+  backend:
+    image: villasweb-backend
+    links:
+      - database
+
+  database:
+    image: mongo:latest
+    volumes:
+      - /opt/database:/data/db
+
diff --git a/nginx/villas.conf b/nginx/villas.conf
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+server {
+  listen      80 default_server;
+  server_name VILLASweb;
+
+  # backend location
+  location /api/ {
+    proxy_redirect off;
+    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+    
+    # rewrite url to exclude /api on context broker side
+    rewrite ^/api/?(.*) /api/v1/$1 break;
+    
+    proxy_pass http://backend:4000/;
+  }
+
+  # frontend location
+  location / {
+    root /www;
+  }
+
+  # error pages
+  error_page 404 /404.html;
+  location = /404.html {
+    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+  }
+
+  error_page 500 502 503 504 50x.html;
+  location = /50x.html {
+    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+  }
+}