Password Protect Serverpilot App

Password Protect Serverpilot App.md

How to password protect your Serverpilot app

This is a quick (rough) guide on how to protect a Serverpilot pilot app with auth basic

1. SSH into your Serverpilot Server

ssh [email protected]

2. Create a htpasswd file in your app

htpasswd-sp -c ~/apps/APPNAME/.htpasswd desired_username

3. Login as root user

(you will be asked for your root password)

su

4. Move the nginx conf file (this stops Serverpilot overwriting your changes)

mv /etc/nginx-sp/vhosts.d/APPNAME.d/main.conf /etc/nginx-sp/vhosts.d/APPNAME.d/main.custom.conf

5. Open up the config file for editing

nano /etc/nginx-sp/vhosts.d/APPNAME.d/main.custom.conf

6. Add the following lines between the Location braces

auth_basic "Restricted";
auth_basic_user_file /srv/users/SERVERPILOTUSERNAME/apps/APPNAME/.htpasswd;

7. Restart nginx service

You must be logged in as root to do this

service nginx-sp restart