URL-Rewriting not working

[Anoop Alias]

I think you are confusing between url-rewrite and location

On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Ajay Garg <ajaygargnsit at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All.
>
> When I setup the following, the authentication+proxying works perfect,
> with the url changing from http://1.2.3.4:2001 to
> http://1.2.3.4:2001/cgi-bin/webproc, and the proxied0server opening up
> perfectly.
>
> ############################################################
> ################
> server {
>         listen 2001;
>         location / {
>
>                         auth_basic 'Restricted';
>                         auth_basic_user_file /home/
> 2819163155b64c4c81f8608aa23c9faa/.htpasswd;
>                         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2000;
>                 }
>         }
> ############################################################
> #################
>
>
>
> However, I am not able to do the proxying if I perform url-rewriting.
> Nothing of the following works ::
>
> a)
> ############################################################
> ################
> server {
>         listen 2001;
>         location /78 {
>
>                         auth_basic 'Restricted';
>                         auth_basic_user_file /home/
> 2819163155b64c4c81f8608aa23c9faa/.htpasswd;
>                         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2000;
>                 }
>         }
> ############################################################
> ################
>
> No URL change happens, and 404 (illegal-file-access) is obtained.
>
>
> b)
> ############################################################
> ################
> server {
>         listen 2001;
>         location /78 {
>
>                         auth_basic 'Restricted';
>                         auth_basic_user_file /home/
> 2819163155b64c4c81f8608aa23c9faa/.htpasswd;
>                         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2000/;
>                 }
>         }
> ############################################################
> ################
>
> No URL change happens, and 404 (illegal-file-access) is obtained.
>
>
> c)
> ############################################################
> ################
> server {
>         listen 2001;
>         location /78/ {
>
>                         auth_basic 'Restricted';
>                         auth_basic_user_file /home/
> 2819163155b64c4c81f8608aa23c9faa/.htpasswd;
>                         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2000/;
>                 }
>         }
> ############################################################
> ################
>
> The URL does changes from http://1.2.3.4:2001/78 to
> http://1.2.3.4:2001/cgi-bin/webproc, but a 404 is obtained.
>
>
> d)
> ############################################################
> ################
> server {
>         listen 2001;
>         location /78/ {
>
>                         auth_basic 'Restricted';
>                         auth_basic_user_file /home/
> 2819163155b64c4c81f8608aa23c9faa/.htpasswd;
>                         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2000;
>                 }
>         }
> ############################################################
> ################
>
> No URL change happens, and 404 (illegal-file-access) is obtained.
>
>
> So, I guess c) is the closest to doing a url-rewrite, but I wonder why am
> I getting a 404, even though the URL-change is perfect.
>
>
> Any ideas please?
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Ajay
>
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