Webdev Apache/Apache

Apache

Appache is the web server software I use to host all of the websites I developed.

Common commands:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Password protect a directory

In Ubuntu, Apache's password file is: /etc/apache2/passwd/passwords

Use either one of the following commands to create user-password pair.

htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/passwd/passwords support
htpasswd /usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords support

Add the following content so that Apache will read those configuration when it is started.

In Ubuntu, it can be put in the file: /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

<Directory /var/www/xxx/yyy>
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Files"
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/passwd/passwords
Require user support
</Directory>

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