UPDATE: Attempting to add authentication to .ts route (WIP, not working)

nginx/nginx.conf

@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ http {
         ## Cacheable HLS files, ts
         location ~ ^/stream/(.+)/(.+\.ts)$ {
             # Call backend to check permission
-            auth_request /auth_stream/$1;
-            alias /user_data/$1/stream/$2;
+            auth_request http://web_server:5000/stream/$1/direct_live_status;
+            root /user_data/$1/stream/$2;
 
             # Let the MPEG-TS video chunks be cacheable
             expires max;
@@ -113,15 +113,6 @@ http {
             # The profile pictures should not be cacheable
             expires -1d;
         }
-
-        ## Auth request for HLS
-        location = /auth_stream/$1 {
-            internal;
-            proxy_pass http://web_server:5000/stream/$1/direct_live_status;
-            proxy_set_header Host $host;
-            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-        }
         
 
         location ~ ^/\?token=.*$ {