MySQL PAM Config set up database table and column name for username and password # vim /etc/pam.d/nginx
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | auth required pam_mysql.so user=USERNAME_HERE \   passwd=PASSWORD_HERE \   host=HOSTNAME_HERE \   db=DATABASE_HERE \   table=TABLE_OR_VIEW_NAME_HERE \   usercolumn=USERNAME_COLUMN \   passwdcolumn=PASSWORD_COLUMN \   crypt=0 sqllog=0 # repeat .... with config above account required pam_mysql.so user=USERNAME_HERE \  ........    crypt=0 sqllog=0 # alternatively, to external config file # account required pam_mysql.so config_file=/etc/pam_mysql.conf | 
in nginx config (/etc/nginx/nginx or /etc/nginx/conf.d/)
| 1 2 3 4 | location /restricted {   auth_pam              "Restricted Zone"   auth_pam_service_name "nginx" } | 
Upload module config in nginx config (/etc/nginx/nginx or /etc/nginx/conf.d/)
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | location /upload{   auth_pam              "Restricted Zone"   auth_pam_service_name "nginx"   upload_pass  /uploadHandler.php;   # the location where the files are uploaded   upload_store  /var/tmp/fuploads;   upload_store_access user:rw group:rw all:r;   upload_resumable on;   upload_state_store /var/tmp/fuploads/state ;   # Set specified fields in request body   # the field data will be available through the superglobal $_POST[]   upload_set_form_field "${upload_field_name}_name" $upload_file_name;   upload_set_form_field "${upload_field_name}_content_type" $upload_content_type;   upload_set_form_field "${upload_field_name}_path" $upload_tmp_path;   upload_cleanup 400 404 499 500-505; } # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server location ~ \.php$ {   try_files $uri =404;   fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;   fastcgi_index index.php;   fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;   include fastcgi_params; } | 
php file upload handler example can be found on https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload/wiki/Uploading-to-nginx-using-the-nginx-upload-module-with-php_handler and https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload/tree/master/server/php

