server { listen 80; server_name alexanderwhitestone.com 45.55.221.244; # Cookie-based auth gate — login once, cookie lasts 7 days location = /_auth { internal; proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:9876; proxy_pass_request_body off; proxy_set_header Content-Length ""; proxy_set_header X-Original-URI $request_uri; proxy_set_header Cookie $http_cookie; proxy_set_header Authorization $http_authorization; } location / { auth_request /_auth; # Forward the Set-Cookie from auth gate to the client auth_request_set $auth_cookie $upstream_http_set_cookie; add_header Set-Cookie $auth_cookie; proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3100; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade'; proxy_set_header Host localhost; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade; proxy_read_timeout 86400; } # Return 401 with WWW-Authenticate when auth fails error_page 401 = @login; location @login { proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:9876; proxy_set_header Authorization $http_authorization; proxy_set_header Cookie $http_cookie; } }