====== How to Set Site Authentication ======
Authentication is the process of confirming a user's identity, and it provides a way to ensure that only legitimate users can create content on your site. The steps in the methods below (Web GUI and By Hand) are interchangeable. You can manually create a database file and then load it via the WebConsole, or vice versa.
=====Method 1. Set up by Web GUI =====
==== Step 1.Create Authorization Realms DB ====
We will create a new one as an example.

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Set **DB Type** to ''Password File''.

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Set:
  - **Realm name**, e.g. ''TEST''
  - **DB Location**, e.g. ''$VH_ROOT/conf/TESTDB''
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==== Step 2.Create Auth User ====
Set **User**/**Password**, e.g. ''TEST''/''TEST'' 

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==== Step 3. Add Access Require by Context====
Add a Context and select type as ''Static''

Set:
  - **URI** ''/''
  - **Location** ''$VH_ROOT/html/''
  - **Accessible** ''Yes''
  - **Realm** ''TEST''
  - **Access Allowed** ''*''
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=====Method 2. Set up By Hand =====
====Step1. Create Account Through htpasswd ====
Run the following command to generate ''TESTDB'' file from console, making sure this file and its parent directory are both readable for the web server user (typically ''nobody'' or ''apache''):

<code>htpasswd -c /PATH_YOU_WANT/TESTDB TEST</code>

Then enter the password (e.g.''TEST'') two times.

==== Step 2. Add Access Require by htaccess====
Add the following rules into your .htaccess file.
<code>
AuthType Basic
AuthName "My Protected Area"
AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</code>
  * ''AuthName'' can be set to anything, e.g. ''TEST''
  * ''AuthUserFile'' needs a valid file, e.g.''/usr/local/lsws/DEFAULT/conf/TESTDB''

===== How to Verify =====
Access the site. It will require an authorized login. 

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