I don't see the difference with this and a simple static apache site.
It's still Apache in front of the proxy (as the proxy) doing the auth.
I'm doing it. That is if you're not involved with a complicated
multi-server setup.
Also, if you're using Rails, you can do basic auth with the
"simple_http_auth" plugin. FYI. I've used it. It's cool. And easier,
IMHO, than setting up users on the server side with htpasswd, etc. but
be careful if you've got an open SVN repository.
matte
Niall O Broin wrote:
> I recently moved an app. from lighttpd + fastcgi to apache 2.2 +
> mod_proxy_balancer + Mongrel. On lighttpd, I was using basic
> authentication with a configuration like this:
>
> auth.backend = "htpasswd"
> auth.backend.htpasswd.userfile = "/path/to/htpasswd"
> auth.require = ("/" => ("method" => "basic", "realm" => "My Realm",
> "require" => "valid-user"))
>
> which was nice and simple - just as simple as using basic auth. with
> a static Apache site.
>
> Is there any way of doing such authentication with apache 2.2 +
> mod_proxy_balancer + Mongrel ? All I've been able to find with google
> suggests that I can't do this and I will require some app. level
> authentication, and I really don't want to have to do that.
>
>
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