cannot get it do anything :)

[working-name]

Hi there,

I installed it, followed instructions and so on. There's no apparent changes in etherpad's behavior.

Do I need to set anything else up in settings.json? I don't want a full fledged auth/oauth mechanism, and this seems like the most sensible thing to do: present a password form - if correct set the headers and load etherpad.

Thanks

[JohnMcLear]

Is your reverse proxy setting the header? You need something in between etherpad and your browser here.. Nginx/apache/Varnish et al..

[working-name]

Yes, nginx is between my browser and etherpad. I tried with both the header set and without it.

// from intranetwork machine, through nginx still:
Nov  7 20:32:52 etherpad node[19142]: #033[31m[2020-11-07 20:32:52.493] [ERROR] console - #033[39m{ inspect: [Function: inspect] }
Nov  7 20:32:52 etherpad node[19142]: #033[32m[2020-11-07 20:32:52.558] [INFO] Minify - #033[39mCompress CSS file css/pad.css.
Nov  7 20:32:52 etherpad node[19142]: #033[32m[2020-11-07 20:32:52.643] [INFO] Minify - #033[39mCompress CSS file skins/colibris/pad.css.
Nov  7 20:32:52 etherpad node[19142]: #033[32m[2020-11-07 20:32:52.816] [INFO] Minify - #033[39mCompress CSS file ../../node_modules/ep_table_of_contents/static/css/toc.css.
Nov  7 20:32:52 etherpad node[19142]: #033[32m[2020-11-07 20:32:52.827] [INFO] Minify - #033[39mCompress CSS file ../../node_modules/ep_comments_page/static/css/main.css.
Nov  7 20:32:52 etherpad node[19142]: #033[32m[2020-11-07 20:32:52.837] [INFO] Minify - #033[39mCompress CSS file ../../node_modules/ep_comments_page/static/css/comment.css.
Nov  7 20:32:53 etherpad node[19142]: #033[32m[2020-11-07 20:32:53.356] [INFO] access - #033[39m[ENTER] Pad "doit": Client tINasB0hOOT-Lw72AAAJ with IP "10.0.0.201" entered the pad
Nov  7 20:32:53 etherpad node[19142]: #033[32m[2020-11-07 20:32:53.488] [INFO] Minify - #033[39mCompress CSS file ../../node_modules/ep_headings2/static/css/editor.css.
Nov  7 20:32:53 etherpad node[19142]: #033[32m[2020-11-07 20:32:53.539] [INFO] Minify - #033[39mCompress CSS file ../../node_modules/ep_comments_page/static/css/commentIcon.css.
Nov  7 20:33:13 etherpad node[19142]: #033[32m[2020-11-07 20:33:13.330] [INFO] access - #033[39m[LEAVE] Pad "doit": Author "a.ZhmX4U9byjD9pXy2" on client tINasB0hOOT-Lw72AAAJ with IP "10.0.0.201" left the pad
Nov  7 20:33:18 etherpad node[19142]: #033[31m[2020-11-07 20:33:18.349] [ERROR] console - #033[39m{ inspect: [Function: inspect] }
// from a private mode iOS device on the mobile network not local wifi:
Nov  7 20:33:22 etherpad node[19142]: #033[32m[2020-11-07 20:33:22.208] [INFO] access - #033[39m[ENTER] Pad "doit": Client OCZF5iEJq2UUSY0vAAAL with IP "107.77.215.78" entered the pad

No mention of the existence of the header or absence thereof, no "authenticate:" log entries. The client did not inherit the name given by proxy_set_header x-authenticated-user "headerme";

[working-name]

Update: the only time this plugin pops up in logs is when I access /admin which means etherpad needs to be ran with "requireAuthentication": true. Not very obvious to a newcomer.

NB: it overrides the /admin login prompt also, aka your admin login will no longer work once you enable this plugin. You'll have to handle admin logins externally as well.