auth_http_header

Syntax:	`auth_http_header header value;`
Default:	—
Context:	`mail`, `server`

Appends the specified header to requests sent to the authentication server. This header can be used as the shared secret to verify that the request comes from nginx. For example:

auth_http_header X-Auth-Key "secret_string";

Links:

https://nginx.org/en/docs/mail/ngx_mail_auth_http_module.html#auth_http_header

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2025-01-10 15:47:30

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