Basic Authentication
2017/12/26 |
Enable Basic Authentication to limit access on specific web pages.
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[1] | For example, set Basic Authentication setting under the directory [/var/www/html/auth-basic]. |
[root@www ~]#
vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/auth_basic.conf # create new
<Directory /var/www/html/auth-basic>
AuthType Basic AuthName "Basic Authentication" AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/.htpasswd require valid-user </Directory> # add a user : create a new file with "-c" (add the "-c" option only for the initial registration) [root@www ~]# htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/conf/.htpasswd fedora New password: # set password Re-type new password: Adding password for user fedora mkdir /var/www/html/auth-basic
[root@www ~]#
vi /var/www/html/auth-basic/index.html # create a test page <html> <body> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> Test Page for Basic Auth </div> </body> </html> systemctl restart httpd
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[2] | Access to the test page from a client computer with a web browser. Then authentication is required like follows as a setting, answer with a user added in [1]. |
[3] | Just accessed. |