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  2. CWD-2754

Crowd authentication support for Nginx

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      Having to run apache behind nginx causes another Single Point of Failure (SPoF), another debugging and support complication. It would be simpler for environments that standardize on Nginx to have an Nginx Crowd module. Nginx is currently the #2 most popular webserver in the world (ignoring special-purpose webservers such as Google).[1]

      [1] http://vbtechsupport.com/1689/

            [CWD-2754] Crowd authentication support for Nginx

            Markus added a comment -

            so since 5yrs no update on this issue? -> crowd only usable with Atlassian software, but not for integration 3rd party software

            Markus added a comment - so since 5yrs no update on this issue? -> crowd only usable with Atlassian software, but not for integration 3rd party software

            Kenneth Shaw added a comment -

            Couple of notes on this, for anyone else looking to accomplish this:

            I have written a simple lua script that can authenticate against Crowd by using Nginx's lua module. This is available here: https://github.com/kenshaw/nginx-crowd-lua

            If needed, modifying the script to authenticate against JIRA would also be fairly trivial to do.

            Additionally, there is an actual nginx module available (not written by me) if are able to compile/build your own packages: https://github.com/kare/ngx_http_auth_crowd_module

            Kenneth Shaw added a comment - Couple of notes on this, for anyone else looking to accomplish this: I have written a simple lua script that can authenticate against Crowd by using Nginx's lua module. This is available here: https://github.com/kenshaw/nginx-crowd-lua If needed, modifying the script to authenticate against JIRA would also be fairly trivial to do. Additionally, there is an actual nginx module available (not written by me) if are able to compile/build your own packages: https://github.com/kare/ngx_http_auth_crowd_module

            Teemu Matilainen added a comment -

            I would also love to have this. I feel dirty needing to install Apache to get Crowd authentication. Or needing to have a separate software for it.

            Does Atlassian have any plans to implement this?

            Teemu Matilainen added a comment - I would also love to have this. I feel dirty needing to install Apache to get Crowd authentication. Or needing to have a separate software for it. Does Atlassian have any plans to implement this?

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