Generating htpasswd entry with OpenSSL (BASH)

Generally when generating a htpasswd entry for Basic Authentication you'd use apache-utils to do it. On a server running only NGinx, this probably won't be available, so you instead need to do it with openssl

Similar To

• htpasswd

Details

• Language: BASH

Snippet

printf "USER:$(openssl passwd -apr1 PASSWORD)\n" >> .htpasswd

Usage Example

printf "joeblogs:$(openssl passwd -apr1 A9n,6-l8)\n" >> .htpasswd