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How to Set Site Authentication

Authentication is the process of confirming a user's identity, and it provides a way to ensure that only legitimate users can create content on your site. The steps in the methods below (Web GUI and By Hand) are interchangeable. You can manually create a database file and then load it via the WebConsole, or vice versa.

Method 1. Set up by Web GUI

Step 1.Create Authorization Realms DB

We will create a new one as an example.

Set DB Type to Password File.

Set:

  1. Realm name, e.g. TEST
  2. DB Location, e.g. $VH_ROOT/conf/TESTDB

Step 2.Create Auth User

Set User/Password, e.g. TEST/TEST

Step 3. Add Access Require by Context

Add a Context and select type as Static

Set:

  1. URI /
  2. Location $VH_ROOT/html/
  3. Accessible Yes
  4. Realm TEST
  5. Access Allowed *

Method 2. Set up By Hand

Step1. Create Account Through htpasswd

Run the following command to generate TESTDB file from console, making sure this file and its parent directory are both readable for the web server user (typically nobody or apache): 

htpasswd -c /PATH_YOU_WANT/TESTDB TEST

Then enter the password (e.g.TEST) two times.

Step 2. Add Access Require by htaccess

Add the following rules into your .htaccess file. 

AuthType Basic
AuthName "My Protected Area"
AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
Require valid-user

How to Verify

Access the site. It will require an authorized login.