Nginx : Basic Authentication2016/07/07

	Enable Basic Authentication to limit access on specific web pages.
[1]	For example, set Basic Auth under the "/auth-basic" directory.

root@www:~#

apt-get -y install apache2-utils

root@www:~#

vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

# add into "server" section

        location /auth-basic {
            auth_basic            "Basic Auth";
            auth_basic_user_file  "/etc/nginx/.htpasswd";
        }

root@www:~#

htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd ubuntu

New password:

# set password

Re-type new password:
Adding password for user ubuntu
root@www:~#

mkdir /var/www/html/auth-basic

root@www:~#

systemctl restart nginx

[2]	Access to the test page with Web browser on a Client and authenticate with a user which is added with htpasswd.

[3]	Just accessed.

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