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a simple script to password protect a directory on nginx
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basicAuth.sh
#!/bin/bash
INCLUDE="/etc/nginx/incl/basicauth.conf"
SOURCEDIR="/home/Digital-Insanity/content/"
read -p "Website nginx directory without trailling slash [/var/web/brunoamaral.eu]:" publicDir
publicDir=${publicDir:-/var/web/brunoamaral.eu}
read -p "Which directory should we protect? (no trailling slash)" relUrl
htpasswd -c "$publicDir$relUrl/.htpasswd" nginx;
cp "$publicDir$relUrl/.htpasswd" "$SOURCEDIR$relUrl"
printf '%s\n' "location $relUrl {" 'try_files $uri $uri/ =404;' 'auth_basic "not allowed";' "auth_basic_user_file $relUrl/.htpasswd;" '}' >> "$INCLUDE"
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