diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0f319d1a..8e087851 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -406,3 +406,5 @@ cypress/videos
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
+
+webapp_provider/public
diff --git a/webapp_provider/Dockerfile b/webapp_provider/Dockerfile
index 667fc261..cadf942b 100644
--- a/webapp_provider/Dockerfile
+++ b/webapp_provider/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-FROM node:lts-alpine
-
-# Create app directory
-WORKDIR /usr/src/app
-
-RUN apk update && apk upgrade
-
-# Bundle app source
-COPY . .
-
-EXPOSE 5000
-CMD npx serve -s public
+# dockerfile
+FROM nginx:latest
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
+RUN rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+COPY public /var/www/
+EXPOSE 80
+CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
diff --git a/webapp_provider/nginx.conf b/webapp_provider/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae8880c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp_provider/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+worker_processes 1;
+
+events { worker_connections 1024; }
+
+http {
+
+    include    /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+    default_type application/octet-stream;
+    access_log   /var/log/nginx/access.log;
+    sendfile on;
+
+    gzip             on;
+    gzip_comp_level  2;
+    gzip_min_length  1000;
+    gzip_proxied     expired no-cache no-store private auth;
+    gzip_types       text/plain application/x-javascript text/xml text/css application/xml;
+
+  server {
+    listen 80;
+
+      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-Host $server_name;
+
+    location /api  {
+    # use dockers dns resolver
+    # with this nginx can start even when the other containers are not running
+      resolver 127.0.0.11 valid=30s;
+      set $upstream_rest FileFighterREST;
+      proxy_pass         http://$upstream_rest:8080/api/;
+      proxy_redirect     off;
+    }
+    location /data  {
+      client_max_body_size 30G;
+      resolver 127.0.0.11 valid=30s;
+      set $upstream_Filehandler FileFighterFileHandler;
+      proxy_pass         http://$upstream_Filehandler:5000/data;
+      proxy_redirect     off;
+    }
+
+    location / {
+      root               /var/www;
+    }
+  }
+}