The same thing works if I put "/" in the location.
The URL-change is the same, and things work seamlessly.

It is definitely something that I am missing while specifying a location
other than "/", that is causing incomplete proxying under the hood.

On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Anoop Alias <anoopalias01@gmail.com> wrote:

> The 404 is thrown by whatever is working on port 2000 ;so you can check
> its access log and see
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 6:54 PM, Ajay Garg <ajaygargnsit@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Anoop.
>>
>> As per http://serverfault.com/questions/379675/nginx-reverse-proxy-
>> url-rewrite, the rewrite should be automatic.
>> But it does not work for me :(
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 6:49 PM, Anoop Alias <anoopalias01@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think you are confusing between url-rewrite and location
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Ajay Garg <ajaygargnsit@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All.
>>>>
>>>> When I setup the following, the authentication+proxying works perfect,
>>>> with the url changing from http://1.2.3.4:2001 to
>>>> http://1.2.3.4:2001/cgi-bin/webproc, and the proxied0server opening up
>>>> perfectly.
>>>>
>>>> ############################################################
>>>> ################
>>>> server {
>>>> listen 2001;
>>>> location / {
>>>>
>>>> auth_basic 'Restricted';
>>>> auth_basic_user_file
>>>> /home/2819163155b64c4c81f8608aa23c9faa/.htpasswd;
>>>> proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2000;
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> ############################################################
>>>> #################
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> However, I am not able to do the proxying if I perform url-rewriting.
>>>> Nothing of the following works ::
>>>>
>>>> a)
>>>> ############################################################
>>>> ################
>>>> server {
>>>> listen 2001;
>>>> location /78 {
>>>>
>>>> auth_basic 'Restricted';
>>>> auth_basic_user_file
>>>> /home/2819163155b64c4c81f8608aa23c9faa/.htpasswd;
>>>> proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2000;
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> ############################################################
>>>> ################
>>>>
>>>> No URL change happens, and 404 (illegal-file-access) is obtained.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> b)
>>>> ############################################################
>>>> ################
>>>> server {
>>>> listen 2001;
>>>> location /78 {
>>>>
>>>> auth_basic 'Restricted';
>>>> auth_basic_user_file
>>>> /home/2819163155b64c4c81f8608aa23c9faa/.htpasswd;
>>>> proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2000/;
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> ############################################################
>>>> ################
>>>>
>>>> No URL change happens, and 404 (illegal-file-access) is obtained.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> c)
>>>> ############################################################
>>>> ################
>>>> server {
>>>> listen 2001;
>>>> location /78/ {
>>>>
>>>> auth_basic 'Restricted';
>>>> auth_basic_user_file
>>>> /home/2819163155b64c4c81f8608aa23c9faa/.htpasswd;
>>>> proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2000/;
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> ############################################################
>>>> ################
>>>>
>>>> The URL does changes from http://1.2.3.4:2001/78 to
>>>> http://1.2.3.4:2001/cgi-bin/webproc, but a 404 is obtained.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> d)
>>>> ############################################################
>>>> ################
>>>> server {
>>>> listen 2001;
>>>> location /78/ {
>>>>
>>>> auth_basic 'Restricted';
>>>> auth_basic_user_file
>>>> /home/2819163155b64c4c81f8608aa23c9faa/.htpasswd;
>>>> proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2000;
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> ############################################################
>>>> ################
>>>>
>>>> No URL change happens, and 404 (illegal-file-access) is obtained.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So, I guess c) is the closest to doing a url-rewrite, but I wonder why
>>>> am I getting a 404, even though the URL-change is perfect.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas please?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>> Ajay
>>>>
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