On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 04:44:25PM -0400, Brian J. Abraham wrote:
Hello developers,
I am attempting to install a local production copy of Galaxy on an SLES 11 machine running Apache 2.2.16 and PostgreSQL. It is important that we keep our data protected via password so I am trying to use Apache's standard .htaccess for security.
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<Directory "/home/abrahamb2/galaxy-dist"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride AuthConfig Order allow,deny Allow from all
AuthType Basic AuthName Galaxy AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/.htpasswd Require valid-user</Directory>
Brian, I run galaxy on SLES11 behind a password wall and I did it using an Apache config like that described on the galaxy wiki:
http://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-central/wiki/Config/ApacheProxy
Rather than use <directory> stanzas to protect files on disk it puts the authentication requirements in the <location> block which is both safer and cleaner.
Also, you'll want to put that config in the /etc/apache2 area, likely in a vhost, not in a .htaccess file.
If you have any sles11 specific questions feel free to contact me directly, but what Nate has on the wiki worked for me.