Setup HTTPS in NGINX

upstream dashboard_backend {
    server web:5000;
}

upstream dashboard_frontend {
    server frontend:3000;
}

server {
    listen 80;

    location / {
         return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    }

    location ~* <my-pattern> {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    }
}

server {
        listen 443 ssl;

        ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/my_site.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/my_site.key;
        location / {
            root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
            index  index.html index.htm;
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
            proxy_redirect     off;
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header   Connection keep-alive;
            proxy_set_header   Host $host;
            proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
            proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
            proxy_buffer_size           128k;
            proxy_buffers               4 256k;
            proxy_busy_buffers_size     256k;
        }
        location ~* ^(/self_backend|/scratch_fulfill).* {
            proxy_pass         http://dashboard_backend;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
            proxy_redirect off;
        }
}

Useful Arguments
The variable $http_host contains the host in the original request, whereas $uri contains the path after the domain or IP. The last two variables $is_args and $args check for any additional arguments in the initial request, and they add them automatically to the proxied request.