lws minimal http server basic auth

This demonstrates how to protect a mount using a password file outside of the mount itself.

The demo has two mounts, a normal one at / and one protected by basic auth at /secret.

The file at ./ba-passwords contains valid user:password combinations.

Discovering the authenticated user

After a successful authentication, the WSI_TOKEN_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION token contains the authenticated username.

build

 $ cmake . && make

usage

 $ ./lws-minimal-http-server-basic-auth
[2018/04/19 08:40:05:1333] USER: LWS minimal http server basic auth | visit http://localhost:7681
[2018/04/19 08:40:05:1333] NOTICE: Creating Vhost 'default' port 7681, 1 protocols, IPv6 off

Visit http://localhost:7681, and follow the link there to the secret area.

Give your browser “user” and “password” as the credentials.