How to protect specific URL in Apache

Sometimes we need to protect one or a few specific URLs in our website and all other website URLs remain public access. It is very easy to manage using the directory and file structure in the site, but the routing structure of frameworks such as cakephp is different from the directory structure, and we cannot protect it at the directory level. This article will introduce protecting specific URLs in Apache.

For example, a site has a secure area like http://example.com/admin/", we only have authorized users or IPs to access the /admin/ section.

1. Set IP-based restrictions on specific URLs

First edit the apache configuration file and add the following entries in virtualhost. This will only allow /admin URLs Access the 192.168.10.11 and 123.45.67.89 IPs.

<Location /admin>
  Order deny,allow
  Deny from all
  Allow from 192.168.10.11
  Allow from 123.45.67.89
</Location>

Save the Apache configuration file and restart the Apache service using one of the following commands.

# service httpd restart          #  For RHEL based systems
$ sudo service apache2 restart    # For Debian based systems

We try to access your site from any other IP. Also check the given ip in the configuration file.

2. Set user authentication on a specific URL

Edit the apache configuration file and add it to the website Add the following content to the virtualhost section.

<Location /admin>
  AuthUserFile /var/www/htpasswd/.htpasswd
  AuthName "Password Protected Area"
  AuthType Basic
  Require valid-user
</Location>

Now create a new htpasswd file using the command below and add a new user.

# htpasswd -cm /var/www/htpasswd/.htpasswd myuser

New password:
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user myuser

Restart Apache and visit your website URL, it will prompt for login Detailed information.

# service httpd restart          #  For RHEL based systems
$ sudo service apache2 restart    # For Debian based systems

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