AuthBasic Handler

The AuthBasic Handler is a special Handler using AuthBasic method to authenticate and grante access to a virtual host.

The Handler sends a WWW-Authenticate header to the client, to request user id and password. Then it checks credentials by using LL::NG REST web service (REST session service must be enabled in the manager). Once session is granted, the Handler will check authorizations like the standard Handler.

This feature can be useful to allow a third party application to access a virtual host with user credentials by sending a Basic challenge to it.

REST server must be enabled on portal.

You just have to set “Type: AuthBasic” in the virtualHost options in the manager.

If you want to protect only a virtualHost part, keep type on “Main” and set type in your configuration file:

• Apache: use simply a PerlSetVar VHOSTTYPE AuthBasic
• Nginx: create another FastCGI with a fastcgi_param VHOSTTYPE AuthBasic; (and remove error_page 401)

No parameters needed. But you have to allow REST sessions web services, see REST sessions backend and to enable local cache (enabled by default in lemonldap-ng.ini).