Apache

Introduction

This tutorial will walk you through the configuration of name-base virtual hosting using Apache2 server in Debian and Ubuntu. The default configuration of Apache server in Debian/Ubuntu is limited only to one website based on your IP Address. We will setup a name-based virtual hosting to have multiple websites using only one machine. After this tutorial, you will have example.com, example.net, and example.org hosted in your computer.

Adding password to a website or web directory using Apache web server is easy, for CentOS and other RedHat-based distro, edit your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and find the line AllowOverride None under <Directory "/var/www/html"> and replace with AllowOverride All.

Then after this line Allow from all add these following lines:

AuthName "Login Message Here"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /var/www/html/htpasswd.users
Require valid-user