How to protect a web folder using HTTP Basic Authentication with Apache2
Run the following to create a password file and enter your password
htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/passwd/myverysecrepasswords admin
-c flag means create a new file
Edit the following accordingly your needs and append into your httpd.conf file
<Directory "/var/www/html/mysecure"> AuthType Basic AuthName "Protected Files" AuthBasicProvider file AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/passwd/myverysecrepasswords Require user admin </Directory>
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