Super easy way of Basic Authenticatoin setup of nginx

nginx-basic-auth-setup.md

Simple Basic Authentication setup for nginx:

$ sudo apt-get install nginx

$ sudo sh -c "echo -n '<username>:' >> /etc/nginx/.htpasswd"
$ sudo sh -c "openssl passwd -apr1 >> /etc/nginx/.htpasswd"
Password: <password>
Verifying - Password: <password>

$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default 
server {
	...
    location / {
    	...
    	# BASIC Auth:
        auth_basic "Restricted Content";
        auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;
    }
}

$ sudo service nginx restart