Pass through certain forward auth negative response headers

middlewares/auth/forward.go

@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ import (
 
 // Forward the authentication to a external server
 func Forward(config *types.Forward, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next http.HandlerFunc) {
-	httpClient := http.Client{}
+
+	// Ensure our request client does not follow redirects
+	httpClient := http.Client{
+		CheckRedirect: func(r *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
+			return http.ErrUseLastResponse
+		},
+	}
 
 	if config.TLS != nil {
 		tlsConfig, err := config.TLS.CreateTLSConfig()
@@ -52,8 +58,30 @@ func Forward(config *types.Forward, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next
 	}
 	defer forwardResponse.Body.Close()
 
+	// Pass the forward response's body and selected headers if it
+	// didn't return a response within the range of [200, 300).
 	if forwardResponse.StatusCode < http.StatusOK || forwardResponse.StatusCode >= http.StatusMultipleChoices {
 		log.Debugf("Remote error %s. StatusCode: %d", config.Address, forwardResponse.StatusCode)
+
+		// Grab the location header, if any.
+		redirectURL, err := forwardResponse.Location()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			if err != http.ErrNoLocation {
+				log.Debugf("Error reading response location header %s. Cause: %s", config.Address, err)
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				return
+			}
+		} else if redirectURL.String() != "" {
+			// Set the location in our response if one was sent back.
+			w.Header().Add("Location", redirectURL.String())
+		}
+
+		// Pass any Set-Cookie headers the forward auth server provides
+		for _, cookie := range forwardResponse.Cookies() {
+			w.Header().Add("Set-Cookie", cookie.String())
+		}
+
 		w.WriteHeader(forwardResponse.StatusCode)
 		w.Write(body)
 		return

middlewares/auth/forward_test.go

@@ -77,6 +77,85 @@ func TestForwardAuthSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "traefik\n", string(body), "they should be equal")
 }
 
+func TestForwardAuthRedirect(t *testing.T) {
+	authTs := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		http.Redirect(w, r, "http://example.com/redirect-test", http.StatusFound)
+	}))
+	defer authTs.Close()
+
+	authMiddleware, err := NewAuthenticator(&types.Auth{
+		Forward: &types.Forward{
+			Address: authTs.URL,
+		},
+	})
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "there should be no error")
+
+	handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "traefik")
+	})
+	n := negroni.New(authMiddleware)
+	n.UseHandler(handler)
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(n)
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	client := &http.Client{
+		CheckRedirect: func(r *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
+			return http.ErrUseLastResponse
+		},
+	}
+	req := testhelpers.MustNewRequest(http.MethodGet, ts.URL, nil)
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "there should be no error")
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusFound, res.StatusCode, "they should be equal")
+
+	location, err := res.Location()
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "there should be no error")
+	assert.Equal(t, "http://example.com/redirect-test", location.String(), "they should be equal")
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "there should be no error")
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, string(body), "there should be something in the body")
+}
+
+func TestForwardAuthCookie(t *testing.T) {
+	authTs := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		cookie := &http.Cookie{Name: "example", Value: "testing", Path: "/"}
+		http.SetCookie(w, cookie)
+		http.Error(w, "Forbidden", http.StatusForbidden)
+	}))
+	defer authTs.Close()
+
+	authMiddleware, err := NewAuthenticator(&types.Auth{
+		Forward: &types.Forward{
+			Address: authTs.URL,
+		},
+	})
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "there should be no error")
+
+	handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "traefik")
+	})
+	n := negroni.New(authMiddleware)
+	n.UseHandler(handler)
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(n)
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	req := testhelpers.MustNewRequest(http.MethodGet, ts.URL, nil)
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "there should be no error")
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusForbidden, res.StatusCode, "they should be equal")
+
+	for _, cookie := range res.Cookies() {
+		assert.Equal(t, "testing", cookie.Value, "they should be equal")
+	}
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "there should be no error")
+	assert.Equal(t, "Forbidden\n", string(body), "they should be equal")
+}
+
 func Test_writeHeader(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testCases := []struct {