I am trying to configure nginx as reverse proxy that does authentication and
websockets. It proxy-passes request
to apache (/auth/wsgi) for authentication - once that succeeds, it then proxy
passes to the websocked backend,
which is a java based websocket endpoint on tomcat 8.
location /basic/
I have a NGINX in front of Apache which has both Basic and Digest
authentication turned on. I'd like a set up where a user connects to NGINX
(using Basic or Digest) and NGINX simply proxy the request to the Apache where
the actual authentication happens. I have the Basic case working but not the