caddy-authentication.md

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caddy-authentication	caddy	public	2022-12-31 06:31:23 -0800	2022-12-31 06:31:23 -0800	false	20221231143123				false	false		caddy authentication basic-authentication hash	Caddy Server Basic Authentication	tech-note

Basic Authentication

This will enable a prompt for a username and password when accessing the URL path. You can add additional lines for additional users.

# Template:
basicauth <path> {
    <username> <password-hash>
    <username> <password-hash>
    <username> <password-hash>
}

# Example:
basicauth / {
    jake $2a$14$piTqBgsf7igbN2FQ9fOBvusCAIYGrgSBe6sj7FaGdLQg9zJcbhzCu
}

You can't use a plaintext password, you must instead generate a hashed password. You can use Caddy's hash-password command to do this.

Here's an example using Caddy's Docker image to hash Password123!.

docker run --rm -it caddy:2.6.2-alpine caddy hash-password
Enter password:
Confirm password:
$2a$14$piTqBgsf7igbN2FQ9fOBvusCAIYGrgSBe6sj7FaGdLQg9zJcbhzCu