Recommended Section Authentification

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Hi,

I need to make a couple sections of my site accessible to specific users. What are the recommended ways to achieve this?

Thanks,
Winefred

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If you are hosting on apache you can use htaccess/htpasswd authentication probably. If I were trying it I would try to put the files in your section folder.

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Thanks Rick for your reply. I should have given more context for my question. My current site runs apache and uses a small server; however, if possible I would like to loose the server all together and host the website in an AWS S3 bucket. Given that goal, is anyone aware of an alternative to htaccess?

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I have not tried it but, apparently you can do that with AWS Lambda:

https://hackernoon.com/serverless-password-protecting-a-static-website-in-an-aws-s3-bucket-bfaaa01b8666

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Thanks again. That looks like it is worth a try!

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How can I do this? If I name the file “.htaccess” it is not copied to public.

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Did you put it in your static/ folder?

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No, I wondered if it is possible to put it in content right inside the section folder.

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Yep, it definitely needs to be in /static but, re-reading the apache spec for it, apparently you put an .htaccess in the folder you need to secure. So, I have not tried it, but if I were going to, I would mimic the section folders inside /static, put .htaccess where it’s needed, and then see if Hugo will merge it smartly. Or, does the section stuff get clobbered when you try this. You need to experiment.

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For the records: It works this way. Just mimic your content section folder path in static and put the .htaccess there.

If you have this:
content/private/

put the file there:
static/private/.htaccess

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