nginx auth_basic with proxy pass to tomcat

[David J]

Yeah use /index.HTML for the location block
On Nov 6, 2012 8:43 PM, "Tharanga Abeyseela" <tharanga.abeyseela at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I need to add basic auth to my home page (index.html)  (Served by
> nginx)  and other directories resides on tomcat7. is there anyway i
> can add only authentication to index.html . i was using the following
> nginx configuration.
>
> server {
>       access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log;
>       error_log   /var/log/nginx/error.log;
>       index       index.html;
>       root        /var/www/;
>       server_name xxxxxxxx;
> }
>
>       location / {
>         auth_basic "Restricted";
>         auth_basic_user_file /var/www/.htpass;
>       }
>
>
>
>  location /next {
>         proxy_pass             http://localhost:8080/next;
>         proxy_redirect         off;
>         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_max_temp_file_size 0;
> }
>
> when i try to add the above config, it asks for the user/pass, but it
> asks for the user/pass when i try to access /next. but i need to add
> authentication only to index.html. problem is  using the root
> directory, so all requests will be tunneled through root and prompted
> for a password. but is there any way i can restrict access only to
> index.html, once it authenticated, users will be able to access tomcat
> paths .
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tharanga
>
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