Calibre Web OPDS auth

Varming · 11-09-2020, 05:17 AM

I've got a Calibre Web server which has OPDS but when I try to use OPDS against it through reverse proxy I get this error: "Authentication required for catalog. Please add a username and password."

If I use the same on my LAN with the IP to the server instead of using the reverse proxy it works perfectly.

Any known fixes?

Varming · 11-09-2020, 09:33 AM

Thread can be deleted - seems like I can't do it myself.

The solution was a configuration in Nginx and not related to KOreader.

Ken Maltby · 11-09-2020, 10:46 PM

Your solution might be an answer for some other user with a similar issue.

Luck;
Ken

NiLuJe · 11-09-2020, 11:53 PM

IIRC, it's something along the lines of don't use digest auth, or... something. There's a couple of closed issues on GitHub about auth + Calibre.

mikaeltarquin · 08-09-2023, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Varming

Thread can be deleted - seems like I can't do it myself.

The solution was a configuration in Nginx and not related to KOreader.

I know this is an old thread, but I'm trying to do exactly what you did and having the same problem, with KOReader saying I need a username and password. I use SWAG as my reverse proxy on an unraid docker, which is very similar to the NGINX proxy service you are using. What was the solution you found? Thanks!

NiLuJe · 08-11-2023, 03:04 PM

Make sure you're not using *digest* auth, but the legacy one whose name I forgot ;p [EDIT: basic?].

Which is probably what the OP meant by "it's a proxy config setting".

(Because we don't support HTTP digest authentication, and the error reporting may be less than stellar in that case).

clancyvskafka · 08-31-2023, 05:20 PM

I know this is old but since I jsut got this running myself recently, for anyone finding this on google or reddit:

Make sure "allow auth over reverse proxy" is enabled in calibre-web admin settings.

11-09-2020, 05:17 AM	#1
Varming Member Posts: 13 Karma: 13124 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Calibre Web OPDS auth I've got a Calibre Web server which has OPDS but when I try to use OPDS against it through reverse proxy I get this error: "Authentication required for catalog. Please add a username and password." If I use the same on my LAN with the IP to the server instead of using the reverse proxy it works perfectly. Any known fixes?

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11-09-2020, 09:33 AM	#2
Varming Member Posts: 13 Karma: 13124 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Thread can be deleted - seems like I can't do it myself. The solution was a configuration in Nginx and not related to KOreader.

11-09-2020, 10:46 PM	#3
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	Your solution might be an answer for some other user with a similar issue. Luck; Ken

11-09-2020, 11:53 PM	#4
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	IIRC, it's something along the lines of don't use digest auth, or... something. There's a couple of closed issues on GitHub about auth + Calibre.

08-11-2023, 03:04 PM	#6
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Make sure you're not using digest auth, but the legacy one whose name I forgot ;p [EDIT: basic?]. Which is probably what the OP meant by "it's a proxy config setting". (Because we don't support HTTP digest authentication, and the error reporting may be less than stellar in that case).

08-31-2023, 05:20 PM	#7
clancyvskafka Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2023 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	I know this is old but since I jsut got this running myself recently, for anyone finding this on google or reddit: Make sure "allow auth over reverse proxy" is enabled in calibre-web admin settings.

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