NGINX Protect Domain through Password
It’s very easy to place a simple htpasswd-based authentication system on a domain served by nginx. To do this, you’ll want your server block to look like this:
server {
listen 80;
server_name domain.com;
root /site/root;
index index.html index.htm;
auth_basic "Restricted";
auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/htpasswd;
}
The relevant lines here are the last two defining auth_basic and auth_basic_user_file. Notice that the file is /etc/nginx/htpasswd. This means you need to use htpasswd to create that file:
Adding users without overriding the existing contents :
$ sudo htpasswd /etc/nginx/htpasswd username yourusername@server:~$ sudo htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/htpasswd yourusername New password: Re-type new password: Adding password for user yourusername This will create the password file. Next reload nginx's configuration: $sudo nginx -s reload
Now when you visit your domain, you will be asked to enter a username and password that you chose beforehand. This is definitely not the most secure way of restricting domain access, but it’s something. Check out htpasswd’s help for more secure options:
$htpasswd --help
NGINX Overall Configuration Site
http://magnatecha.com/getting-started-with-the-nginx-web-server/