# Radius and TACACS+ based authentication

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radius-and-tacacs-based-authentication/240124>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [March 28, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radius-and-tacacs-based-authentication/240124 "2014-03-28T18:16:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radius-and-tacacs-based-authentication/240124/1 "2014-03-28T18:16:36Z")

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Hi Everyone,

Currently I am using nginx (version 1.2.7) and would like to have  
authentication support using external security servers such as Radius  
and  
TACACS+.

Are there are any extensions/plugins available to support this  
functionality? if not, any thoughts on how it can be achieved?

Best Regards,  
Hari

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Miriyala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@Hari\_Miriyala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hari_Miriyala)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radius-and-tacacs-based-authentication/240124/2 "2014-03-28T18:22:27Z")

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AFAIK there is only a ldap module for nginx.

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Re: Radius and TACACS+ based authentication](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,248820,248823#msg-248823)**
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> Hi Everyone, Currently I am using nginx (version 1.2.7) and would like to have authentication support using external security servers such as Radius and TACACS+. Are there are any extensions/plugins available to support this functionality? if not,...

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Miriyala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@Hari\_Miriyala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hari_Miriyala)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radius-and-tacacs-based-authentication/240124/3 "2014-04-02T20:15:14Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for reply, I have looked into further and found that basic PAM  
module support is available (below is the link). How could we extend  
this  
to support RADIUS and TACACS+, any thoughts and ideas please?

[http://web.iti.upv.es/~sto/nginx/](http://web.iti.upv.es/~sto/nginx/)

Regards,  
Hari

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**Author:** ![Senny](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Senny](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Senny)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radius-and-tacacs-based-authentication/240124/4 "2020-09-29T06:01:09Z")

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I’m looking for something similar, any thoughts on how you implemented it