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Auth request module.
author Maxim Dounin <mdounin@mdounin.ru>
date Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:30:30 +0300
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1 Auth request module for nginx.
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3 This module allows authorization based on subrequest result. Once subrequest
4 returns 2xx status - access is allowed, on 401 or 403 - disabled with
5 appropriate status. Anything else is considered to be an error.
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7 For 401 status WWW-Authenticate header from subrequest response will be
8 passed to client.
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10 Configuration directives:
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12 auth_request <uri>|off
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14 Context: http, server, location
15 Default: off
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17 Switches auth request module on and sets uri which will be asked for
18 authorization.
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20 Usage:
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22 location /private/ {
23 auth_request /auth;
24 ...
25 }
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27 location = /auth {
28 proxy_pass ...
29 }
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31 To compile nginx with auth request module, use "--add-module <path>" option
32 to nginx configure.
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34 Development of this module was sponsored by Openstat (http://www.openstat.com/).