Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

satisfy

Context: location

The satisfy directive defines whether clients require all access conditions to be valid (satisfy all), or at least one (satisfy any):

location /admin/ { 
    allow 192.168.1.0/24; 
    deny all; 
    auth_basic "Authentication required"; 
    auth_basic_user_file conf/htpasswd; 
}

In the previous example, there are two conditions for clients to be able to access the resource:

• Through the allow and deny directives (HTTP access module), we only allow clients that have a local IP address; all other clients are denied access
• Through the auth_basic and auth_basic_user_file directives (the HTTP auth basic module), we only allow clients that provide a valid username and password

With satisfy all, the client must satisfy both conditions in ...