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Make Users Login for a Specific Endpoint

Sometimes, there are cases when you would like to set auth for a specific endpoint. This is for that purpose.

Install Package

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2-utils

Make User

sudo htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd sammy

Edit Nginx

Now, edit files in /etc/nginx/conf.d/ and add following two lines to the location that you would like protection using /etc/nginx/.htpasswd.

auth_basic "Restricted Content";
auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;

Example:

server {
	listen 80 default_server;

	location /secret/ {
		root /var/web;
		auth_basic "Restricted Content";
        	auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;
	}

}