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Nginx : Basic Authentication2024/05/31

 

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 reload nginx
# add users for basic authentication

root@www:~#
htpasswd -Bc /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>
<p style="width: 100%; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">
Test Page for Basic Authentication
</p>
</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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