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setting a default virtual host in nginx Aug
20 1
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If there are multiple conf files included in the sites-enabled directory you can set the Nginx server to default to a particular site by adding a listen directive:

server {
    listen 80 default;

    ...
}

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password protect nginx directory/location with htpasswd Jul
12 1
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In apache you can password protect a directory with an .htaccess file. It's a little different in nginx, although I think it's more elegant.

All you need to do is add the following two entries in the location listing in the server conf settings.

location = / {
    auth_basic "Restricted";
    auth_basic_user_file /path/to/htpasswd;

    ...
}

and then run htpasswd in the proper location:

htpasswd -c -b htpasswd <user> <pass>

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