General Information

Group managed content for collaboration.

The following virtual machines will be used:

• server1.example.com (192.168.1.150) → Perform all connectivity tests from here
• server2.example.com (192.168.1.151) → Install Apache Web Server here

Previous Sections Completed

• Install/Configure
  • Except leave listening on port 80/tcp
• Virtual Host Config

Create directory to use

mkdir /data/redsite/group

Create group that will have access to the directory to manage the content

groupadd dbadmins

Add users to the group

usermod -G dbadmins user1 user2

Set permissions of new directory

chown :dbadmins /data/redsite/group
chmod 771 /data/redsite/group

Create index file

echo "Group dbadmins index file" > /data/redsite/group/index.html

Allow htaccess override for the new group directory

vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/vhosts.conf
 
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName redsite.example.com
  DocumentRoot /data/redsite
  #....SNIP....#
 
  <Directory /var/private>
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Group Auth - Enter Credentials"
    AuthGroupFile "/etc/httpd/conf/groupdb"
    AuthUserFile "/etc/httpd/conf/userdb"
    Require group dbadmins
  </Directory>

Create groupdb file

vim /etc/httpd/conf/groupdb
 
dbadmins: user1 user2

Create group password db file

htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/conf/userdb user1
htpasswd /etc/httpd/conf/userdb user2

• Prompted for password each time
• -c → Create the file
• No “-c” the second time because it would overwrite the file instead of add to it.

Restart httpd

systemctl restart httpd

View group protected directory

elink http://redsite.example.com/group

• Prompted for username/password