Nginx and password protected pages

Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:26:24 +0000

To password protect a directory xyz and every file and subdirectory in it open the configuration file (nginx.conf or one of the virtual host configuration files) and add the following two lines:

location /xyz/ {
 auth_basic "Restricted Area";
 auth_basic_user_file conf.d/htpasswd;
}

htpasswd file must be encrypted, it can be created using a tool named htpasswd.

[root@xenserver ~]# cd /etc/nginx/conf.d/
[root@xenserver ~]# htpasswd -b htpasswd user password

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Nginx and password protected pages