Deploy and Host nginx-password-auth on Railway

A lightweight nginx-based reverse proxy with HTTP Basic Authentication. Allows you to put any service behind a username/password

About Hosting railway-nginx-password-auth

Set the internal network of your service as ORIGIN and your username / password as BASIC_AUTH:

Variable	Required	Description	Example
`ORIGIN`	✅	The upstream URL to proxy to	`https://myapp.railway.internal:3000`
`BASIC_AUTH`	✅*	Username and password in `username:password` format	`admin:mysecretpass`
`BASIC_AUTH_REALM`	❌	Authentication realm message	`"Restricted Area"`
`ALLOW_NO_AUTH`	❌	Set to `"true"` to disable auth requirement	`"true"`

Common Use Cases

Protecting Development/Staging Environments
Adding Auth to Public APIs

Dependencies for railway-nginx-password-auth Hosting

None

Deployment Dependencies

None

Why Deploy railway-nginx-password-auth on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying railway-nginx-password-auth on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.