Nginx with Basic Authentication

Nginx Docker file

FROM  nginx:latest

# author
MAINTAINER  kevin

WORKDIR /myapp
COPY ./ ./

RUN rm -rf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
ADD default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d
RUN echo "now building..."

EXPOSE 80
CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]

Nginx default configuration file

/etc/nginx/conf.default.conf

server {
    listen 80;
    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    index index.html index.htm;

    location / {
        auth_basic "Restricted";  # A message which will be represented when it is authenticated  
        auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd; # File path for.htpasswd
    }
}