Add user name to Nginx header

[Lisinder]

Hi, I start using your tool and it is a really useful tool, thank you for it. But I need to put the user name who was authenticated to the Nginx header. Is there some chance how to do it? I am not so experienced with Nginx. Thank you.

[Luzifer]

This is a live example of my Wiki:

  server {
    listen        443 ssl http2;
    listen        [::]:443 ssl http2;
    server_name   notes.hub.luzifer.io;

    ssl_certificate     /data/ssl/nginxle/luzifer.io.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /data/ssl/nginxle/luzifer.io.key;
    error_page 401 = @error401;

    location / {
      auth_request     /sso-auth;
      auth_request_set $cookie $upstream_http_set_cookie;
      auth_request_set $username $upstream_http_x_username;  # <-----
      proxy_set_header X-WEBAUTH-USER $username;             # <-----
      add_header       Set-Cookie $cookie;
      proxy_pass       http://127.0.0.1:1160;
    }

    location /sso-auth {
      internal;
      proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:1730/auth;
      proxy_pass_request_body off;
      proxy_set_header Content-Length "";
      proxy_set_header X-Original-URI $request_uri;
      proxy_set_header X-Host $http_host;
      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-Application "notes-wiki";
    }

    location @error401 {
      return 302 https://login.luzifer.io/login?go=$scheme://$http_host$request_uri;
    }
  }

The application takes the username from the X-WEBAUTH-USER header. (Marked the important lines)

[Lisinder]

Thank you, I was blind :smile: It works