nginx auth_basic with proxy pass to tomcat

[Tharanga Abeyseela]

Thanks David, i tried it. but it still asks the user/pass when i hit
the /next inside index.html
any idea why ?

thanks,
tharanga

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:47 PM, David J <david at styleflare.com> wrote:
> 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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