Name

sqlite-http-basic-auth-nginx-module - Sqlite based basic authentication for Nginx

Installation

1. Install sqlite3 into your system.

2. Download the latest version of the release tarball of this module from sqlite-http-basic-auth-nginx-module file list.

3. Grab the nginx source code from nginx.net, for example, the version 0.8.54 (see nginx compatibility), and then build the source with this module:

    $ wget 'http://sysoev.ru/nginx/nginx-0.8.54.tar.gz'
    $ tar -xzvf nginx-0.8.54.tar.gz
    $ cd nginx-0.8.54/
   
    # Here we assume you would install you nginx under /opt/nginx/.
    $ ./configure --prefix=/opt/nginx \
        --add-module=/path/to/sqlite-http-basic-auth-nginx-module 
   
    $ make 
    $ make install

Usage

Add the following to nginx.conf:

    location / {
        auth_sqlite_basic "Restricted Sqlite";
        auth_sqlite_basic_database_file  /home/kunal/nginx/db/sqlite_db; # Sqlite DB file
        auth_sqlite_basic_database_table  auth_table; # Sqlite DB table
        auth_sqlite_basic_table_user_column  user; # User column
        auth_sqlite_basic_table_passwd_column  password; # Password column
        root   html;
        index  index.html index.htm;
    }

Compatibility

The following versions of Nginx should work with this module:

• 0.8.x (last tested: 0.8.54)

TODO

• Support encrypted passwords
• Support for "where" conditions

Copyright & License

This module is licenced under the BSD license.

Copyright (C) 2011 by Kunal P.Bharati <[email protected]>.

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