jmrf / basic-auth-nginx

A Basic example of how to use nginx with basic Auth

Auth Flow example

This repo is just an example of how to use nginx with basic auth.

• Auth Flow example
  • Structure
  • How To

Structure

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├── basic_server.py      # simple python server serving a form
├── docker-compose.yml   # compose with nginx and the python server
├── Makefile
├── nginx                # nginx configurations
│   ├── htpasswd         #  > user:pwd file. see `make gen-pwd`
│   └── local.conf       #  > nginx configuration
└── README.md

How To

1. Generate a user and password for the basic auth:

make gen-pwd user=alice pwd=12345

2. Run both services: make run

3. Head to localhost:8080