Setting up Nginx -- redirecting requests to a auth server and getting redirected back to serve the request

Question

Any incoming request on (x.x.x.x.x)--> redirect to x.x.x.x.auth.domain.edu -- > that authenticates a user and redirects back to x.x.x.x server. (With a cookie set, In my case it is EZproxy server doing the cookie setting)

I have tried rewriting the request url and also using proxy_pass booth resulting in looping error error (from browser).

I must be missing some basic header or something i am not able to get what since yesterday morning.
Any suggestions regarding how the config must be?

These are the different things that i have tried since yesterday. http://pastebin.com/xi3BVBE9 — Anup, Apr 13 '14 at 18:02

Michael Hampton · Answer 1 · 2016-10-28T21:15:13.227

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Your root directive has two problems:

It uses a relative path. When a relative path is used, it's relative to a default directory compiled into nginx. Do you know which one that is? It's best to specify absolute paths.
It is in the wrong place. The root directive should be specified in the server block. This is one of the most common nginx misconfigurations.

edited Oct 28 '16 at 21:15

answered Apr 13 '14 at 18:14

Michael Hampton

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Thanks for the feedback. But i am not getting how these both would contribute to "server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.". That its not serving the request after getting the redirected request – Anup Apr 13 '14 at 18:18
Did you _fix the problems_ and _clear your browser cache_? – Michael Hampton Apr 13 '14 at 18:19
Yes I did that. – Anup Apr 13 '14 at 18:22
OK, then show your corrected configuration. – Michael Hampton Apr 13 '14 at 18:23
Here is the new config fixing the relative path and the root http://pastebin.com/6JTXsbRq .. Thanks for suggestions was never aware of the practices, – Anup Apr 14 '14 at 00:05

Setting up Nginx -- redirecting requests to a auth server and getting redirected back to serve the request

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