Add .htaccess user login authentication on nginx

Here is a good tutorial show you how to Add .htaccess user login authentication on nginx:

# vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

root /usr/local/www/page;
index  index.php;
location  /user  {
auth_basic            “Restricted”;
auth_basic_user_file  /usr/local/www/user.pass
}

location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index  index.php;
fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/local/www/page$fastcgi_script_name;
include        fastcgi_params;
}

then create user.pass using htpasswd

# /usr/bin/htpasswd -c /usr/local/www/user.pass admin

New password:
Re-Type new password:
Adding password for user admin

then restart your nginx

# /etc/init.d/nginx stop

#/etc/init.d/nginx start