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Basic Authentication in nginx for any domain, server or location block

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sudo yum install httpd-tools
sudo htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/conf.d/vhosts/.htpasswd USERNAME
Enter Password: xxxxx
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sudo chmod 644 /etc/nginx/conf.d/vhosts/.htpasswd

Update the domain.conf file like /etc/nginx/conf.d/vhosts/myrestricteddomain.com.ssl.conf

Ideally, use it in server config

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server {
satisfy all;
auth_basic "Restricted Area";
auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/conf.d/vhosts/.htpasswd;
    location / {

Save and restart nginx

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