edx/configuration — pull request #532 by wedaly (2013-12-05 19:12:51+00:00)
Title: Disable basic auth for 127.0.0.1

This change disables basic auth for 127.0.0.1 so that services within a sandbox can communicate. Basic auth is still enabled for external requests.

I tested this change in my sandbox, verifying that:

* Basic auth is still enabled for external requests
* ORA/LMS communication works with basic auth enabled (not the case before this change)

@feanil This isn't quite the change we discussed, but I think it's a lot simpler than duplicating basic auth credentials across all the roles that communicate by HTTP.