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Nginx : Basic Authentication2024/05/14

 
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 Auth under the [/auth-basic] directory.
[root@www ~]#
dnf -y install httpd-tools
[root@www ~]#
vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/ssl.conf
# add into the [server] section

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

[root@www ~]#
mkdir /usr/share/nginx/html/auth-basic

[root@www ~]#
systemctl reload nginx
# add user for Basic authentication

[root@www ~]#
htpasswd -5 -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd fedora

New password:        # set any password
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user fedora

# create a test page

[root@www ~]#
vi /usr/share/nginx/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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