Persistent nginx/discourse.conf?

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If anyone else is looking to add auth_basic to their site during development, and make it persistent across ./launcher rebuild app just update your containers/app.yml with:

## Any custom commands to run after building
run:
  - exec: echo "Beginning of custom commands"
  - replace:
     filename: "/etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf"
     from: "# auth_basic on"
     to: "auth_basic on"
  - replace:
     filename: "/etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf"
     from: "# auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/htpasswd"
     to: "auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/htpasswd"
  - file:
     path: "/etc/nginx/htpasswd"
     contents: |
      myuser:$apr1$pVrNvrxt$QvutzMrHfb2IYDNUOk54o0
     # use: `openssl passwd -apr1` to generate password hash

Of course update myuser to be the actual username you want and run openssl passwd -apr1 to generate a hash of your real password.

Or you could install a whole separate instance of nginx and create a reverse proxy just for this… Whichever is easier for you :wink:

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