Protecting a folder on nginx

|| how to protecting a folder with password on nginx
| generate htpasswd password using perl

# perl -le 'print crypt("yourpassword", "salt")'

| make htpasswd

# vi /etc/nginx/conf/htpasswd
username:eNcRyPtIoNpAsSwOrd:justcomment

| setup on nginx.conf / vhost

# vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
# add line like this
location ^~/afoldername {
        auth_basic            "Restricted";
        auth_basic_user_file  /etc/nginx/conf/htpasswd;
   }

| restarting nginx

# /etc/init.d/nginx restart

|| links
| google
| snippet