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To setup basic authentication in Apache first create a .htaccess file in your website root folder or in specific directory and add following code:<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
AuthType Basic\r\nAuthName \"Secure Content\"\r\nAuthUserFile \/home\/myuser\/public_html\/.htpasswd\r\nrequire valid-user<\/pre>\n
<\/div>\n
Now we create users in .htpasswd as defined in .htaccess file<\/a>. We can add user and password either in plain text or md5 encrypted.<\/p>\n
Adding password in plain text format<\/strong><\/p>\n
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htpasswd -c \/home\/username\/public_html\/.htpasswd  username<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
Adding password with md5 crypt format<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n
htpasswd -cm \/home\/username\/public_html\/.htpasswd  username<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
Configure Apache to allow .htaccess Authentication<\/strong><\/p>\n
By standard Apache doesn\u2019t allow to use of .htaccess<\/a>, So we also need to upgrade below settings in our httpd.conf to allow .htaccess based authentication.<\/p>\n
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From:\r\nAllowOverride none\r\n\r\nTo:\r\nAllowOverride AuthConfig<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
AuthConfig will allow only authentication in .htaccess<\/a>, other\u00a0setting will be ignored. To allow all setting defined in .htaccess file use \u201cAll\u201d in place of AuthConfig\u201d.<\/p>\n
Restart Apache to test Setup<\/strong><\/p>\n
After making any changes in Apache configuration<\/a> file , we need to restart Apache web service.<\/p>\n
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service httpd restart<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
Done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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