server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;
    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    index index.html;

    # Enable clean URLs without .html extension
    location / {
        # Try the exact URI, then with .html, then as directory with index.html, then 404
        try_files $uri $uri.html $uri/ =404;
    }

    # Optional: Redirect .html URLs to clean URLs
    if ($request_uri ~ ^/(.*)\.html(\?|$)) {
        return 301 /$1$2;
    }

    # Gzip compression for better performance
    gzip on;
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml text/javascript application/javascript application/xml+rss application/json;
}