Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@MinaMikhailcom
MinaMikhailcom / lighttpd.conf
Created October 18, 2017 13:51
Basic authentication configurations for Lighttpd under Ubuntu
apt install apache2-utils
htpasswd -c /etc/lighttpd/.htpasswd <Username> #Replace <Username>, you will be prompted to enter the password.
# Make sure that "mod_auth" is loaded in "server.modules".
nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
#Add the following to lighttpd.conf.
auth.backend = "htpasswd"
auth.backend.htpasswd.userfile= "/etc/lighttpd/.htpasswd"