Node-RED Dashboard with HTTP Basic Authentication

Requirements

• A Webserver with activated HTTP Basic auth

Configuration

Configure your Webserver, that the http user is added to the request header key "X-Forwarded-User". See here how to cofigure nginx for example. Optionally, your Webserver can send a role in the request header key "X-Forwarded-Role".

Example

nginx

server {
  listen 80;
  location / {

    auth_basic "Node-RED Dashboard";
    auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/htpasswd;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-User $remote_user;

    proxy_pass http://localhost:1880;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
  }
}