# Shibboleth and authorizer mode **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [November 21, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shibboleth-and-authorizer-mode/214080 "2011-11-21T12:08:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shibboleth-and-authorizer-mode/214080/1 "2011-11-21T12:08:40Z")
Hello everyone I need to confirm something for a work colleague This page [https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPFastCGIConfig](https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPFastCGIConfig) states this “Nginx has fastcgi responder support but not the “authorizer” mode needed for the filter. Until this support exists nginx cannot be used in this way.” Can anyone confirm that is still the case? If so, are there any plans to remedy this situation? If not, please say, I just need to let someone else know. Thanks V Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[shibboleth and authorizer mode](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,218694,218694#msg-218694)** > > Hello everyone I need to confirm something for a work colleague This page https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPFastCGIConfig states this "Nginx has fastcgi responder support but not the "aut ---
**Author:** ![vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanderkerkoff)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shibboleth-and-authorizer-mode/214080/2 "2011-11-21T12:17:57Z")
Hello! On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 06:08:09AM -0500, vanderkerkoff wrote: > “Nginx has fastcgi responder support but not the “authorizer” mode > needed for the filter. Until this support exists nginx cannot be used in > this way.” > > Can anyone confirm that is still the case? If so, are there any plans > to remedy this situation? If not, please say, I just need to let > someone else know. Confirmed: nginx doesn’t support fastcgi authorizer role (as well as fastcgi filter role). There are no plans to fix this. If you need functionality mostly identical to fastcgi authorizers (but not bound to fastcgi), you may want to take a look at auth\_request module, > **[ngx\_http\_auth\_request\_module: log](http://mdounin.ru/hg/ngx_http_auth_request_module/)** Maxim D. ---
**Author:** ![vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanderkerkoff)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shibboleth-and-authorizer-mode/214080/3 "2011-11-21T12:22:55Z")
Thanks Maxim You wouldn’t know off the top of your head if I could use auth\_request to authorize with shibboleth would you? V Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: shibboleth and authorizer mode](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,218694,218696#msg-218696)** > > Hello everyone I need to confirm something for a work colleague This page https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPFastCGIConfig states this "Nginx has fastcgi responder support but not the "aut ---
**Author:** ![vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanderkerkoff)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shibboleth-and-authorizer-mode/214080/4 "2011-11-21T13:36:07Z")
Hello! On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 06:22:26AM -0500, vanderkerkoff wrote: > Thanks Maxim > > You wouldn’t know off the top of your head if I could use auth\_request > to authorize with shibboleth would you? No idea, most likely the answer is “no” as long as it needs fastcgi authorizer role. Auth\_request is similar in the functionality it provides, but a bit different in details how it’s implemented. Maxim D. ---
**Author:** ![vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanderkerkoff)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shibboleth-and-authorizer-mode/214080/5 "2013-03-07T14:40:29Z")
Hi, I need to implement shebboleth SP with nginx webserver but got to know that nginx doesn’t support autorizer mode. I saw that the above post is dated very old. I would like to check whether this is still the case or has there been any fix provided from nginx for this ? Is there any way this can be achieved ? Regards, Amit Thukral Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: shibboleth and authorizer mode](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,218694,237063#msg-237063)** > > Hello everyone I need to confirm something for a work colleague This page https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPFastCGIConfig states this "Nginx has fastcgi responder support but not the "aut ---
**Author:** ![vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@vanderkerkoff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vanderkerkoff)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shibboleth-and-authorizer-mode/214080/6 "2011-11-21T13:49:49Z")
Thanks Maxim Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: shibboleth and authorizer mode](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,218694,218705#msg-218705)** > > Hello everyone I need to confirm something for a work colleague This page https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPFastCGIConfig states this "Nginx has fastcgi responder support but not the "aut