nginx. How to make exceptions for basic auth?

Question

Nginx

Hello.

There is a page, it lies at https://site.com/download/test/
I put auth_basic there.
But since the page requests resources from the same folder: https://site.com/download/test/test.zip , https://site.com/download/test/test2.zip , etc., authorization is requested several times. How can I make it request only at the level https://site.com/download/test/index.html ? And if it is passed, then further resources from this folder no longer requested authorization.

thanks in advance

Answer 1

Add a location to the web server config that processes all requests with the appropriate prefix, that is, in your case, /download/test, and move basic auth inside it.