Add a basic authentication to apache2

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

I want to enable basic authentication to this https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/website">website configuration, i have also created a password file at https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/location">location /etc/apache2/.htpasswd but I don't know how to add it to configuration file.

Here is my configuration file

    ServerName proxy
    ProxyPass / http://10.0.0.3:8080/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://10.0.0.3:8080/

manpreet 3 years ago

The first time we use this utility, we need to add the -c option to create the specified file.

We specify a username (sk in this example) at the end of the command to create a new entry within the file:

sudo htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/.htpasswd sk

You will be asked to supply and confirm a password for the user.

If we view the contents of the file, we can see the username and the encrypted password for each record:

cat /etc/apache2/.htpasswd

Output
sammy:$apr1$lzxsIfXG$tmCvCfb49vpPFwKGVsuYz.
another_user:$apr1$p1E9MeAf$kiAhneUwr.MhAE2kKGYHK.

Configure Apache Password Authentication

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

    
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "Restricted Content"
        AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
        Require valid-user
    

Save and close the file when you are finished.

Restart Apache to implement your password policy:

sudo service apache2 restart