Can't figure out solution for basic auth

scorpio.andy 2020-05-28 01:42:25 UTC #1

Keywords: WordPress + NGINX + SSL - AWS - Technical issue - Secure Connections (SSL/HTTPS)
bnsupport ID: 6537ac96-3a3e-364a-3417-f8afe3a38091
Description:
Looked through numerous solution to no avail.
The tutorial on working with API suggests using Basic Auth plugin hosted on github.
I installed it before setting up HTTPS and it worked fine. When I added SSL certificates and changed website to use HTTPS it stopped working.
In API software's docs there's solution if it doesn't work to use

<IfModule mod_setenvif>

SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1

</IfModule>

in HTTACCESS file but Bitnami doesn't allow using HTTACCESS file.
Apache version of that I found on the forum is (and it seems to work on one of my websites running on Apache) :

RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%1]
SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1

BUT I chose to use NGINX and above solution is irrelevant.
I also found solution to add "fastcgi_pass_header Authorization;" to nginx config but I added to /opt/bitnami/nginx/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf
with argument

location / {
fastcgi_pass_header Authorization;
}

after restart nginx couldn't start because of error.
Please help me solve this issue!

scorpio.andy 2020-05-28 02:08:16 UTC #2

Just added
fastcgi_param HTTP_AUTHORIZATION $http_authorization;
fastcgi_pass_header Authorization;
to
/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/nginx-app.conf

server restarted successfully but didn't solve the issue.

gongomgra 2020-05-28 10:31:28 UTC #3

Hi @scorpio.andy,

Thanks for using Bitnami.

Can you check with the plugin developers if there's any additional step required to make it works with HTTPS?

Apart from that, I don't see the lines you mention in the nginx-app.conf for WordPress. Did you remove them? Can you try adding the line below in the nginx-app.conf file and then restart NGINX?

proxy_set_header HTTP_AUTHORIZATION $http_authorization;

To restart it,

sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart nginx

scorpio.andy 2020-05-28 20:44:01 UTC #4

I did manage to get it working by switching permalink structure from post number (domain.com/?p=1) to custom (domain.com/1)
I'm not sure how it affected it or if it is a permanent fix.

gongomgra 2020-05-29 08:50:39 UTC #5

Hi @scorpio.andy,

Thanks for the info. Can you tell us what do you have in your config files (apart from the permalink configuration you mentioned) so it can be of help for other users in the future?

I recommend you to ask in the WordPress forums or to the plugins developers. Note they have more knowledge on how WordPress works internally

https://wordpress.org/support/forums/

scorpio.andy 2020-05-29 17:53:25 UTC #6

Well it was on fresh install of bitnami + nginx + wordpress. Out of the box it worked without SSL (integration with API software). After installing strict SSL (cloudflare) it stopped working but I also changed permalink structure while doing so. After all the attempts to fix it I ended up with having
Cloudflare:
Flexible SSL
nginx-app.conf
fastcgi_param HTTP_AUTHORIZATION $http_authorization;
proxy_set_header HTTP_AUTHORIZATION $http_authorization;

But it didn't fix the issue. What fixed the issue is changing permalink structure to "custom"

gongomgra 2020-06-01 09:07:33 UTC #7

Hi @scorpio.andy,

Thanks for the info. I'm glad you fixed your issue! We will close this thread as solved. Please do not hesitate to open a new one with any other questions you may have.

gongomgra 2020-06-01 09:07:36 UTC #8

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