Restricted Access to the website with http basic authentication for additional security layer
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#For Nginx Server
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#Restricted Acccess to the website
#Creating login Username and Password
#SSH access to site folder or root and follow below command line
to create first user >> sudo htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/.htpasswd user1
to create more user >> sudo htpasswd /etc/apache2/.htpasswd user2
Then,
#Add the following code in Nginx server block
auth_basic "Restricted Area";
auth_basic_user_file /etc/apache2/.htpasswd;
#End - Restricted Access to view the website
check nginx block >> sudo nginx -t
restart nginx >> sudo systemctl nginx restart
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#For Apache Server
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#Creating login Username and Password
#SSH access to site folder and follow below command line
[sitefolder]:public_html$ sudo htpasswd -c .htpasswd name-of-user
New password:
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user name-of-user
[sitefolder]:public_html$
#End creating User and Password
Then,
#Add in the following code in .htaccess for Restricted Access
AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /public_html/.htpasswd
require user dbadmin
#End Restricted Access
