How can I setup an nginx proxy_pass directive that will also include HTTP Basic authentication information sent to the proxy host?
This is an example of the URL I need to proxy to:
http://username:password@192.168.0.5/export?uuid=1234567890
The end goal is to allow 1 server present files from another server (the one we're proxying to) without exposing the URI of the proxy server. I have this working 90% correct now from following the Nginx config found here:
http://kovyrin.net/2010/07/24/nginx-fu-x-accel-redirect-remote/
I just need to add in the HTTP Basic authentication to send to the proxy server
Answer:
I did a writeup on this a while ago. See the details here:
http://shairosenfeld.blogspot.com/2011/03/authorization-header-in-nginx-for.html
For example:
location / {
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_pass http://6.6.6.6:80;
proxy_set_header Authorization "Basic a2luZzppc25ha2Vk";
}
"a2luZzppc25ha2Vk" is "king:isnaked" base64 encoded, so that would work for
Feel free to check out blog post for more details.
From:http://serverfault.com/questions/230749/how-to-use-nginx-to-proxy-to-a-host-requiring-authentication
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