wiki-proxy

proxied access to protected wiki

Required packages

OpenResty
- OpenResty is a collection of packages that includes a version of nginx and lua with additional lua modules
lua-resty-openidc (depends on lua-resty-http, lua-resty-session, lua-resty-jwt)
- This is the package that is used to authenticate users with an OpenID Connect provider
nginx
- The standard nginx package

Recommended packages

luarocks (lua package manager)

Setup CILogon Client

Confluence Guide
The standard callback URL should be something like https://<your-domain>/redirect_uri

Commands to Run Nginx

Run the proxy: sudo openresty
- Standard nginx: nginx
Test syntax: sudo openresty -t
- Standard nginx: nginx -t
Reload the configuration: sudo openresty -s reload
- Standard nginx: nginx -s reload
Stop the server: sudo openresty -s quit
- Standard nginx: nginx -s quit
Specify the configuration file: sudo openresty -c /path/to/nginx.conf
- Standard nginx: nginx -c /path/to/nginx.conf

Proxy to Confluence

The location has to be root, i.e. location / {}
To the confluence website: proxy_pass https://wiki.ncsa.illinois.edu
Auto-login to an account: proxy_set_header Authorization "Bearer <PAT>";
- PAT can be generated from the user's account settings
Other heads are used to make sure the contents can be loaded. Some may be redundant or unrelated.

Potential Issues

Go to Find Spaces -> Click into a space will lead the user to the real address that starts with https://wiki.ncsa.illinois.edu
The Analytics page does not work

Authentication Error

The proxy is working, but the authentication isn't. The issue is described in the markdown in the folders: