NGINX proxyauth documentation is incorrect #423

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opened 2026-05-17 21:01:04 -05:00 by TheFrenchGhosty · 2 comments

TheFrenchGhosty commented

2026-05-17 21:01:04 -05:00

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Describe the bug:

The documentation says:


  # url to send auth_request. Should be ${APP_URL}/api/authz/auth-request
  proxy_pass http://voidauth:3000/api/authz/auth-request;

So I did use the URL I set in my voidauth APP_URL config, meaning I used:

 proxy_pass https://auth.mydomain.com/api/authz/auth-request;

This caused a 500 error

However if I use the internal voidauth url (ie: http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/authz/auth-request; ) , it works

I'm assuming the documentation is wrong

Additional context:

Good job, other than that, this was super easy to setup compared to Authentik, hopefully a security audit happen soon so that it's safe to use for stuff exposed to the internet :)

### Describe the bug:  The documentation says: ``` # url to send auth_request. Should be ${APP_URL}/api/authz/auth-request proxy_pass http://voidauth:3000/api/authz/auth-request; ``` So I did use the URL I set in my voidauth APP_URL config, meaning I used: ``` proxy_pass https://auth.mydomain.com/api/authz/auth-request; ``` This caused a 500 error However if I use the internal voidauth url (ie: http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/authz/auth-request; ) , it works I'm assuming the documentation is wrong ### Additional context:  Good job, other than that, this was super easy to setup compared to Authentik, hopefully a security audit happen soon so that it's safe to use for stuff exposed to the internet :)

notquitenothing commented

2026-05-17 22:26:06 -05:00

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Thanks for opening an issue! Indeed it does look like the documentation is incorrect

TheFrenchGhosty commented

2026-05-17 23:10:19 -05:00

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@notquitenothing Good to hear I'm right, I spent more than 1-2 hours trying to figure out what was causing the 500, so glad to hear it wasn't for nothing 🙃

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