Nginx Notes

nginx-password-auth.md

To get htaccess like user authentication on Nginx, add the following to your site config:

auth_basic            "Restricted";
auth_basic_user_file  <password_file_location>;

If you want the authentication to be applied on all locations, place it in the top scope of the config. If you want it specific to a location, just add it in the scope of that location.

Creating a password file

printf "John:$(openssl passwd -crypt <PASSWORD>)\n" 

NOTE: I'm not sure about how secure that thing is.

References

• http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpAuthBasicModule
• http://wiki.nginx.org/Faq#How_do_I_generate_an_htpasswd_file_without_having_Apache_tools_installed.3F