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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=en> <head> - <title>HTTP Basic Authentication</title> + <title>Requiring Passwords for Webpages (HTTP Authentication) – LandChad.net</title> <meta charset="utf-8"/> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='style.css'> @@ -9,25 +9,27 @@ <link rel='alternate' type='application/rss+xml' title='Land Chad RSS' href='/rss.xml'> </head> <body> - <header><h1>Access Control with HTTP Basic Auth</h1></header> + <header><h1>Requiring Passwords for Webpages</h1></header> <nav></nav> <main> - <img src="pix/auth.svg" alt="access control with nginx"/> - <p>HTTP basic authentication will allow you to secure parts (or all) of your website with a user name and password without the trouble of php or javascript.</p> + <img class=titleimg src="pix/auth.svg" alt="access control with nginx"/> + <p>HTTP basic authentication will allow you to secure parts (or all) of your website with a username and password without the trouble of PHP or Javascript. + This will work with any Nginx server. + </p> <h2>Installation</h2> <p>We will be using the command <code>htpasswd</code> to make username and password pairs.</p> <pre><code>apt install apache2-utils</code></pre> <aside> <p>The apache utils has a small username-password pair encryption tool.</p> - <p>This tutorial is <strong>not</strong> for apache websites.</p> + <p>Like the other on this site, this tutorial is for Nginx, <strong>not</strong> for Apache servers.</p> </aside> <p> Now think of a username and password and remember them. </p> - <pre><code>htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/<strong>myusers</strong> <strong>username</strong></code></pre> + <pre><code>htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/<strong>myusers</strong> <strong>username</strong></code></pre> <aside> <p>The <code>-c</code> flag creates a file. You can make the path of this file anywhere outside of your webroot.</p> <p>Obviously the username is up to you as well.</p> @@ -35,8 +37,8 @@ <p> Type out your password twice to confirm. You can do this as many times as you'd like. </p> - <p>Check out user name password pairs:</p> - <pre><code>cat /etc/apache2/<strong>myusers</strong></code></pre> + <p>Check out user name password pairs (the password will be securely hashed):</p> + <pre><code>cat /etc/nginx/<strong>myusers</strong></code></pre> <h2>Nginx Config and Auth Basic</h2> <p> @@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ #... location /<strong>secret-folder </strong> { auth_basic "What's the Password?" ; - auth_basic_user_file /etc/apache2/<strong>myusers</strong> ; + auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/<strong>myusers</strong> ; } #... }</code></pre> @@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ <pre><code>server { #... auth_basic "What's the Password?" ; - auth_basic_user_file /etc/apache2/<strong>myusers</strong> ; + auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/<strong>myusers</strong> ; location /<strong>public</strong>/ { #... auth_basic off ; @@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ deny 127.0.0.1 ; auth_basic "What's the Password?" ; - auth_basic_user_file /etc/apache2/<strong>myusers</strong> ; + auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/<strong>myusers</strong> ; }</code></pre> <h3>Complete Example</h3> <pre><code>http { @@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ deny 127.0.0.1 ; auth_basic "What's the Password?" ; - auth_basic_user_file /etc/apache2/<strong>myusers</strong> ; + auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/<strong>myusers</strong> ; } } }</code></pre> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ <li><a href="sshkeys.html">Use your SSH keys to prevent hacking.</a></li> <li><a href="cron.html">Schedule tasks with Crontabs/Cronjobs.</a></li> <li><a href="tor.html">Mirror your site on <img src="pix/tor.svg">Tor.</a></li> - <li><a href="auth.html">Access Control with HTTP Basic Authentication.</a></li> + <li><a href="auth.html">Password-protecting Webpages (HTTP Authentication)</a></li> </ul> <h3 id=platform>"Build your own platform!"</h3> |