Apache httpd and Nginx Web Server

Apache httpd

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

  • Set charset utf-8.
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
IndexOptions +Charset=UTF-8
  • Enable list of files on directory.
<Directory "/var/www/html/assets/tmp">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>
  • Implementing basic authentication.
sudo htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/.htpasswd sakura
<Directory "/var/www/html">
    AllowOverride None
    AuthName "sakura"
    AuthType Basic
    AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/.htpasswd
    Require valid-user
</Directory>

Nginx

  • Install.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

sudo mkdir /var/www/tutorial
sudo bash -c "cat >/var/www/tutorial/index.html" <<EOF
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Hello, Nginx!</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Hello, Nginx!</h1>
    <p>We have just configured our Nginx web server on Ubuntu Server!</p>
</body>
</html>
EOF

sudo bash -c "cat >/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/tutorial" <<EOF
server {
       listen 81;
       listen [::]:81;

       server_name example.ubuntu.com;

       root /var/www/tutorial;
       index index.html;

       location / {
               try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
       }
}
EOF

sudo systemctl restart nginx
  • Implementing basic authentication.
~]$ sudo apt install apache2-utils
~]$ sudo htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd sakura
New password:        # set any password
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user sakura

~]$ sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/tutorial
# add into the [server] section
server {
    .....
    .....
    location / {
        auth_basic            "Basic Auth";
        auth_basic_user_file  "/etc/nginx/.htpasswd";
    }

~]$ sudo nginx -t
~]$ sudo nginx -s reload