301 executes before authentication

[Grant]

> In the links provided above, I see one example of Maxim suggesting a 2-steps
> solution playing with a returned status code.


Wow, that works.  I couldn't follow it at first.  Thanks!

- Grant


>> > Rewrites will execute before authentication module handlers run; this is
>> > a
>> > function of how Nginx is designed, and this order isn't configurable.
>> > See
>> > http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,41891,43112#msg-43112 and
>> > http://www.nginxguts.com/2011/01/phases/.
>>
>>
>> In that case, can anyone figure out how to rewrite this config without
>> a redirect so that munin can be accessed with host:port?  I worked on
>> it for quite a bit but couldn't come up with anything functional.
>>
>> location = / {
>>     return 301 https://$host:$server_port/munin/;
>> }
>>
>> location /munin {
>>     fastcgi_split_path_info ^(/munin)(.*);
>>     fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
>>     fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/munin/fcgi-html.sock-1;
>>     include fastcgi_params;
>> }
>>
>> - Grant
>>
>>
>> >>> I have a server block that contains the following:
>> >>>
>> >>> auth_basic "Please log in.";
>> >>> location = / {
>> >>>     return 301 https://$host:$server_port/folder/;
>> >>> }
>> >>>
>> >>> I noticed that /folder/ is appended to the URL before the user is
>> >>> prompted for authentication.  Can that behavior be changed?
>> >>>
>> >>> - Grant