Create a Caddy 2 server HTTP Basic Authentication password

gistfile1.txt

As there are no clear instructions on the Caddy Homepage on how to create a password
(without their own caddy tool, which might not be available) in the needed format,
I compiled a short list on how to do it the right way:

Replace password with your own password!

Create a BCrypt encrypted password in 10 rounds
htpasswd -bnBC 10 "" password
->
:$2y$10$ow7UC86yXaSoZSr0mcGxeOYK9DfqsnKnA9RoKR.nxUUXVbXqOibgm

Remove the ":" and replace the "$2y" with "$2a"
->
$2a$10$ow7UC86yXaSoZSr0mcGxeOYK9DfqsnKnA9RoKR.nxUUXVbXqOibgm

base64 encode the encrypted password and remove all newlines
printf '$2a$10$ow7UC86yXaSoZSr0mcGxeOYK9DfqsnKnA9RoKR.nxUUXVbXqOibgm' | base64 | tr -d '\n'
->
JDJhJDEwJG93N1VDODZ5WGFTb1pTcjBtY0d4ZU9ZSzlEZnFzbktuQTlSb0tSLm54VVVYVmJYcU9pYmdt