Nginx : Basic Authentication2020/08/28

	Set Basic Authentication to limit access on specific web pages.
[1]	Username and password are sent with plain text on Basic Authentication, so Use secure connection with SSL/TLS setting, refer to here.
[2]	Add setting on a site config you'd like to set. For example, set Basic Authentication under the [/auth-basic] directory.

root@www:~#

apt -y install apache2-utils

root@www:~#

vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

# add into the [server] section

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

root@www:~#

mkdir /var/www/html/auth-basic

root@www:~#

systemctl restart nginx

# add users for basic authentication

root@www:~#

htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd ubuntu

New password:

# set any password

Re-type new password:
Adding password for user ubuntu

# create a test page

root@www:~#

vi /var/www/html/auth-basic/index.html

<html>
<body>
<div style="width: 100%; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">
Test Page for Basic Authentication
</div>
</body>
</html>

[3]	Access to the test page from any client computer with web browser. Then authentication is required as settings, answer with a user added in [2].

[4]	That's OK if authentication is successfully passed and test page is displayed normally.

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