# Could people using auth-request please send me their actual nginx.conf files please? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [October 21, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-people-using-auth-request-please-send-me-their-actual-nginx-conf-files-please/223869 "2012-10-21T14:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-people-using-auth-request-please-send-me-their-actual-nginx-conf-files-please/223869/1 "2012-10-21T14:58:08Z")
If you are successfully using auth request, -please send me your actual nginx.conf file. I am a relative newbie on nginx and cgi programming so actual examples will be very helpful. Thanks to all. My email is: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-people-using-auth-request-please-send-me-their-actual-nginx-conf-files-please/223869/2 "2012-10-21T18:30:17Z")
On 21 October 2012 13:57, Bob S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > If you are successfully using auth request, -please send me your actual > nginx.conf file. I’m not using this module but, reading its README, it seems trivially replaceable with X-Accel-Redirect and an “internal” location. I’ll be blogging our specific setup sometime soon, but in production I’m basically using a modified version of what’s described here: [http://ls4.sourceforge.net/doc/howto/ddt.html](http://ls4.sourceforge.net/doc/howto/ddt.html). For us, it works reliably, efficiently, without a 3rd party module, delivering gigs of data a day. I literally can’t see what extra that module gives you. ## Regards, Jonathan Jonathan M. // Oxford, London, UK ---
**Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-people-using-auth-request-please-send-me-their-actual-nginx-conf-files-please/223869/3 "2012-10-24T14:24:27Z")
That link is dead. Also, I am trying to use auth\_request to provide access to a protected directory, whereas it looks like X-Accel-Redirect is used to provide download access to a particular file. Bob S. On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Jonathan M. \ **Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-people-using-auth-request-please-send-me-their-actual-nginx-conf-files-please/223869/4 "2012-10-24T14:56:02Z") On 24 October 2012 13:23, Bob S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > That link is dead. Works for me. user@host:~$ curl -I [http://ls4.sourceforge.net/doc/howto/ddt.html](http://ls4.sourceforge.net/doc/howto/ddt.html) HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) Vary: Host Last-Modified: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:36:27 GMT ETag: “2ab2-4a0a14f45dcc0” Accept-Ranges: bytes Content-Length: 10930 [snip] > Also, I am trying to use auth\_request to provide access to a protected > directory, whereas it looks like X-Accel-Redirect is used to provide > download access to a particular file. Reading > **[ngx\_http\_auth\_request\_module: a29d74804ff1 README](http://mdounin.ru/hg/ngx_http_auth_request_module/file/a29d74804ff1/README)** slightly more carefully, I understand the distinction you’re seeing. I still think it’s trivially replaceable with X-Accel-Redirect _if_ you are in control of the URI structure. Do read that page I linked - it really can do this! ## J Jonathan M. // Oxford, London, UK > **[Jonathan Matthews :: Words Typed, Great Rates For Cash](https://www.jpluscplusm.com)** ---
**Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/could-people-using-auth-request-please-send-me-their-actual-nginx-conf-files-please/223869/5 "2012-10-24T21:51:39Z")
2012/10/24 Jonathan M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > Do read that page I linked - it really can do this! I can confirm, that this link [http://ls4.sourceforge.net/doc/howto/ddt.html](http://ls4.sourceforge.net/doc/howto/ddt.html) isn’t dead. Maybe you can do a search for “Direct Data Transfer using Nginx’s X-Accel-Redirect” (header), “LS4 v1.0.0 documentation” (title) and Sourceforge 😉 Regards, Andre J.