How to enable Apache2 userdir module on Ubuntu Server
How to enable userdir on Apache2 with Ubuntu Server
Hi everyone,
In this video I’ll show you how to enable userdir module on Apache2 Web server. With this module you can give your system users the ability to publish their own webpages. After that, I I’llshow you how protect a folder using the .htaccess and .htpasswd authentication method.
Check my video #5 to learn how to install apache2 at:
Here are the commands I’ve used:
a2enmod userdir
systemctl restart apache2
cd /home/rsmatias/
mkdir public_html/
chown rsmatias:rsmatias public_html/
chmod 755 public_html/
cd public_html/
nano index.html
mkdir private
chown rsmatias:rsmatias private/
chmod 755 private
nano /home/rsmatias/public_html/private/.htaccess
####Insert text configuration:####
AuthUserFile /home/rsmatias/public_html/private/.htpasswd
AuthName “Please Authenticate”
AuthType Basic
require valid-user
htpasswd -c /home/rsmatias/public_html/private/.htpasswd rsmatias
Please comment below for any questions of suggestions.
Thanks!!
Regards,
Rodrigo Matias
ubuntu
