HTTP Basic Authentication in Nginx

Install apache2-utils (Debian, Ubuntu) or httpd-tools (CentOS)
Run:

htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd [USER]

and type password for this user

Update nginx location config:

location /admin {
    auth_basic "Administrator’s Area";
    auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;
}

location /not_admin {
    auth_basic off;
}

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Reload nginx:

nginx -s reload

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HTTP Basic Authentication in Nginx

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