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The browser will prompt for a username and password when trying to access the site, which is useful for only sharing this information with specific individuals.

Make sure apache2-utils is installed:

sudo apt install apache2-utils

Generate password file and add user1 - you will be prompted for the password to user1. Feel free to change user1 to any username you want.

sudo htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd user1

To add another user, run the same command but omit the -c. Example:

sudo htpasswd /etc/nginx/.htpasswd user2

Modify the site's configuration file. We have used default in other areas of the wiki, but your own may vary

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

Add the following lines into the server { } section

auth_basic "Authorization Required";
auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;

Reload nginx:

nginx -s reload