Nginx : Enable Basic Auth2015/08/18

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

[root@www ~]#

yum -y install httpd-tools

[root@www ~]#

vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

# 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 cent

New password:

# set password

Re-type new password:
Adding password for user cent
[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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