authelia/docs/proxies/nginx.md

Nginx

nginx is the only official reverse proxy supported by Authelia for now.

Configuration

Here is a commented example of configuration

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name     myapp.example.com;

    resolver 127.0.0.11 ipv6=off;
    set $upstream_verify https://authelia.example.com/api/verify;
    set $upstream_endpoint http://nginx-backend;

    ssl_certificate     /etc/ssl/server.cert;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/server.key;

    # Use HSTS, please beware of what you're doing if you set it.
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;
    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";

    location / {
        # Send a subsequent request to Authelia to verify if the user is authenticated
        # and has the right permissions to access the resource.
        auth_request /auth_verify;

        # Set the X-Forwarded-User and X-Forwarded-Groups with the headers
        # returned by Authelia for the backends which can consume them.
        # This is not safe, as the backend must make sure that they come from the
        # proxy. In the future, it's gonna be safe to just use OAuth.
        auth_request_set            $user $upstream_http_remote_user;
        proxy_set_header            X-Forwarded-User $user;

        auth_request_set            $groups $upstream_http_remote_groups;
        proxy_set_header            X-Forwarded-Groups $groups;

        # Set the `target_url` variable based on the request. It will be used to build the portal
        # URL with the correct redirection parameter.
        auth_request_set            $target_url $scheme://$http_host$request_uri;
                    
        # If Authelia returns 401, then nginx redirects the user to the login portal.
        # If it returns 200, then the request pass through to the backend.
        # For other type of errors, nginx will handle them as usual.
        error_page                  401 =302 https://login.example.com:8080/?rd=$target_url;

        proxy_pass                  $upstream_endpoint;
    }

    # Virtual endpoint created by nginx to forward auth requests.
    location /auth_verify {
        internal;

        # [OPTIONAL] The IP of the client shown in Authelia logs.
        proxy_set_header            X-Real-IP $remote_addr;

        # [REQUIRED] Needed by Authelia to check authorizations of the resource.
        # Provide either X-Original-URL and X-Forwarded-Proto or
        # X-Forwarded-Proto, X-Forwarded-Host and X-Forwarded-Uri or both.
        # Those headers will be used by Authelia to deduce the target url of the user.
        #
        # X-Forwarded-Proto is mandatory since Authelia uses the "trust proxy" option.
        # See https://expressjs.com/en/guide/behind-proxies.html
        proxy_set_header            X-Original-URL $scheme://$http_host$request_uri;
        
        proxy_set_header            X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header            X-Forwarded-Host $http_host;
        proxy_set_header            X-Forwarded-Uri $request_uri;
                    
        # [OPTIONAL] The list of IPs of client and proxies in the chain.
        proxy_set_header            X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

        proxy_pass_request_body     off;
        proxy_set_header            Content-Length "";

        proxy_pass                  $upstream_verify;
    }
}