authelia - choose portal or auth basic mode

confs/site/authelia-auth-request.conf

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ proxy_set_header Remote-User $user;
 proxy_set_header Remote-Groups $groups;
 proxy_set_header Remote-Name $name;
 proxy_set_header Remote-Email $email;
-# If Authelia returns 401, then nginx redirects the user to the login portal.
-# If it returns 200, then the request pass through to the backend.
-# For other type of errors, nginx will handle them as usual.
+{% if AUTHELIA_MODE == "portal" %}
 error_page 401 =302 {{ AUTHELIA_BACKEND }}/?rd=$target_url;
+{% endif %}

docs/environment_variables.md

@@ -903,6 +903,12 @@ Default value :
 Context : *global*, *multisite*  
 The private Authelia address when doing requests from nginx (e.g. : http://my-authelia.local:9091).
 
+`AUTHELIA_MODE`  
+Values : *portal* | *auth-basic*  
+Default value : *portal*  
+Context : *global*, *multisite*  
+Choose authentication mode : show a web page (`portal`) or a simple auth basic prompt (`auth-basic`).
+
 ## misc
 
 `SWARM_MODE`  

settings.json

@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@
                 "label": "Address of the authelia upstream",
                 "regex": ".*",
                 "type": "text"
+            },
+            {
+                "context": "multisite",
+                "default": "portal",
+                "env": "AUTHELIA_MODE",
+                "id": "authelia-mode",
+                "label": "Show the portal or simply auth basic prompt",
+                "regex": "^(portal|auth\\-basic)$",
+                "type": "text"
             }
         ]
     },