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Apache Authentications

Digest auth

LoadModule auth_digest_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_auth_digest.so

    Alias /munin "/var/www/munin"

    <Directory "/var/www/munin">

        AllowOverride none

        AuthType Digest

        AuthName "munin"

        AuthDigestProvider file

        AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/munin.htpasswd

        Require valid-user

    </Directory>

Create the digest file:

# munin below needs to match AuthName above
htdigest -c /etc/apache2/munin.htpasswd munin some_user

Basic auth

One of the things that I keep forgetting, is how to setup a password for an URL.
First, make sure the following is in the corresponding <Directory> directive block

AllowOverride AuthConfig

Then, create an .htaccess file in the appropriate directory, or put this under the <Directory> block in your apache config.

AuthType Basic

AuthName "Password Required"

AuthUserFile /xxx/.htpasswd

AuthGroupFile /xxx/.htgroup OR /dev/null

<Limit GET POST>

  require valid-user

  #require group admins

  Allow from 127.0.0.1

  SetEnvIf Request_URI "^/robots\.txt$" allow_this

  Allow from env=allow_this

  Deny from all

  Satisfy Any

</Limit>

Then using the htpasswd utility, create the .htpasswd file

htpasswd -c .htpasswd USER_NAME

If user group is used, create the .htgroup like the following

admins: rich daniel allan

Unless you make changes in step 1, there's no need to restart apache.

KfWiki : ApacheAuth

Apache Authentications

Digest auth

Basic auth