nginx auth proxy * http://ls4.sourceforge.net/doc/howto/ddt.html * http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_auth_request_module.html#example

auth_server.py

import SimpleHTTPServer
import SocketServer

PORT = 8000


class Server(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        headers = self.headers.dict
        # curl http://127.0.0.1:8000 -u username:password
        if self.headers.dict.get('authorization') != 'Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=':
            self.send_response(401)
        else:
            self.send_response(200)


def serve_forever(port):
    httpd = SocketServer.TCPServer(('', port), Server)
    httpd.serve_forever()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    serve_forever(8000)

nginx.mkd

ngx_http_auth_request_module

nginx.conf

location /private/ {
    auth_request /auth;
    ...
}

location = /auth {
    proxy_pass ...
    proxy_pass_request_body off;
    proxy_set_header Content-Length "";
    proxy_set_header X-Original-URI $request_uri;
}