I’d like to configure Apache to serve files directly from the file system but authenticate/authorize users. How can Apache be configured so it calls my auth middleware?
Basically:
1) Redirect to login if user is not authenticated. Check session cookie against database otherwise.
2) Allow access to certain files based on who the user is (authorization).
Answer
Try a Google search for “apache single signon” or “apache sso”. In particular, look at:
All of these implement almost exactly the mechanism you’ve described.
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Source : Link , Question Author : pq01 , Answer Author : larsks
