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Adding apache basic auth for a path in content hierarchy(one subdomain)

  • February 24, 2022
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Hi All,

how could we add basic authentication in apache for a particular subdomain- there by requiring requests to a content path allowed with authentication credentials?

 

thanks in advance for your help or direction.

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Best answer by Raja-Karuppsamy

You can create the .htaccess file in your local. Add the username into the file and the file looks like :

username:password (password in encrypted format).

 

Regards,

Raja

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Bhuwan_B
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Bhuwan_BCommunity Advisor
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February 24, 2022

@asn11 Please refer below article URL:

https://www.albinsblog.com/2015/06/enabling-basic-authentication-for-adobecq5-adobeaem.html#.Yhc9L5NBxhE

    Peter_Puzanovs
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    Peter_PuzanovsCommunity Advisor
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    February 24, 2022

    Hey Kent,

     

    If you are looking for a particular subdomain you can set auth requirement in the specific vhost as well.

     

    Regards,

    Peter

      Raja-Karuppsamy
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      Raja-KaruppsamyCommunity Advisor
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      February 25, 2022

      @asn11 Please follow the below steps to handle the authentication in domain level:

      1.Create a file dispatcher.htaccess in dispatcher.
      2.Create the users to access the password protected domain:
      htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/conf.d/dispatcher.htaccess <user>

      Enter the password (twice)
      3.Add the following configurations to your virtual host to handle the authentication:

      <Location />
      ## unsets authorization header when sending request to AEM
      RequestHeader unset Authorization
      Deny from all
      #Allow from (Set IP to allow access without password)
      AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf.d/dispatcher.htaccess
      AuthName "Authentication Required"
      AuthType Basic
      Satisfy Any
      require valid-user
      </Location>


      4.Check the syntax -> httpd -t

      5.Restart the dispatcher.

      6. Access the domain whether you are getting the authentication pop-up.

       

      OR

       

      You can configure the below configuration in your dispatcher.conf file to handle particular content path:

      # unsets authorization header when sending request to AEM
      RequestHeader unset Authorization
      SetEnvIf Request_URI ^/content/xyz* auth=1
      AuthType Basic
      AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf.d/dispatcher.htaccess
      # first, allow everybody
      Order Allow,Deny
      Satisfy any
      Allow from all
      Require valid-user
      # then, deny only if required
      Deny from env=auth

       

      Regards,

      Raja

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        asn11Author
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        February 25, 2022

        @raja-karuppsamy thanks for the answer. a followup question, how can I create user interactively as you mentioned with htpasswd command in case of aem as cloud where we cant access dispatcher server and configuration is done via code deployment?

          Raja-Karuppsamy
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          Raja-KaruppsamyCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
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          February 25, 2022

          You can create the .htaccess file in your local. Add the username into the file and the file looks like :

          username:password (password in encrypted format).

           

          Regards,

          Raja

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