Nginx

• See also webdav
• See also Nginx Passenger

Install

From source: https://nginx.org/en/download.html

 apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev
 ./configure --with-http_dav_module  
 make
 make install

Use

basic auth

From: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/configuring-http-basic-authentication/

 sudo htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/.htpasswd user1
 sudo htpasswd    /etc/apache2/.htpasswd user2

 location /api {
   auth_basic           "Administrator’s Area";
   auth_basic_user_file /etc/apache2/.htpasswd; 
 }

performance

From: https://medium.com/@anirudhdey/maximizing-concurrency-in-nginx-tips-and-trick-df23c10cda71

restart

 sudo pkill -f nginx & wait $!
 sudo systemctl start nginx