Re: nginx nested location and different basic authentication file

2015-09-30 Thread cacrus
Thanks for the replies . I figured out the issue . This was not related to Nginx Config . The requests i was trying to route had an issue . Btw , I shifted to map as well and both configurations worked. Thanks for your comments and appreciate it . Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.o

Re: nginx nested location and different basic authentication file

2015-09-29 Thread Francis Daly
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 04:32:56AM -0400, cacrus wrote: Hi there, Your Subject: mentions "nested location"; but your config doesn't seem to show any explicit nesting. > location /parent/ { > set $basic_file /nginx/conf/.htpasswd; > if ($request_uri ~ (vi

Re: nginx nested location and different basic authentication file

2015-09-27 Thread Christ-Jan Wijtmans
Not an nginx expert but i think you can use a map http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_map_module.html You dont even need an if. Live long and prosper, Christ-Jan Wijtmans https://github.com/cjwijtmans http://facebook.com/cj.wijtmans http://twitter.com/cjwijtmans On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 10:32

nginx nested location and different basic authentication file

2015-09-27 Thread cacrus
Hi , I am trying to setup different authentication based on different strings in the $request , here is my case . location /parent/ { set $basic_file /nginx/conf/.htpasswd; if ($request_uri ~ (visualize|dashboard|settings)){ set $basic_f