Password-protect Parts of Your Website

Prerequisites

You will need a running ubuntu server to follow the steps in this article.

Setup

1. Enter in terminal:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils
   sudo htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/.htpasswd some-username
   sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
   

2. Add:

   <Directory "/var/www/html">
           AuthType Basic
           AuthName "Restricted Content"
           AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
           Require valid-user
   </Directory>
   

   Replace /var/www/html with the path to the directory you want to restrict access to.
3. sudo service apache2 restart

Voila!