Re: Authentication/access check when serving static media thru Apache/nginx

On Feb 16, 9:53 pm, "proteus...@gmail.com" wrote: > The way to do this is by utilizing nginx as a reverse proxy for your > dynamic django (presumably apache) server and a peer media server > (presumably another nginx setup). Nginx has a great feature (as does > lighttpd) where you can have your

Re: Authentication/access check when serving static media thru Apache/nginx

The way to do this is by utilizing nginx as a reverse proxy for your dynamic django (presumably apache) server and a peer media server (presumably another nginx setup). Nginx has a great feature (as does lighttpd) where you can have your page request come into django and perform all the authN/auth

Re: Authentication/access check when serving static media thru Apache/nginx

You can write apache auth module in python, which is calling your external (django) code. It's not exactly Django issue. Maybe this blog post could help you http://www.thoughtspark.org/node/25 A. On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:44 AM, MrMuffin wrote: > > I`m using django to develop something simi

Authentication/access check when serving static media thru Apache/nginx

I`m using django to develop something similar to flickr, a site for photo-sharing. Photos can be public, need authentication or be personal and not available for anyone but the owner. Serving static data using django is not optimal, but how can I control access like this when serving static media