Nginx auth basic not working with rewrite

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I need to protect one directory with the basic auth and rewrite all urls inside this directory only.

I have the following config:

    location /admin/ {
            auth_basic "Secure area";
            auth_basic_user_file .htpasswd;
            rewrite  ^(.*)$ /admin/index.php last; break;
    }

However, basic auth not working. If I comment rewrite rule it starts working.

How to fix it?

Best Answer

"rewrite" goes before basic auth, because of request workflow.

try trick with error page and named location:

 location /admin/ {
            auth_basic "Secure area";
            auth_basic_user_file .htpasswd;
            error_page 404 = @admin;
    }

location @admin {
            rewrite  ^(.*)$ /admin/index.php last;
}

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It appears as though you have a routing loop.

You are directing all traffic from / to /public and then all traffic from /public to /index.php

Based on /public/.htaccess, all requests to /public should be routed to /public/index.php?url=$1 instead of /index.php?url=$1

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listen 8000;
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It is still curious that it worked when I removed the authentication, with the root inside the first location block.... I can probably live without understanding why that is :)

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