Secure Django Location with htaccess file (webfaction)

Basic steps to secure a Django account using htaccess file
note, this examples assumes apache 2.2, in which the basic auth apache module changed.
note, this example uses a WebFaction account but can be applied to any Django Apache install.

1) Execute this command to create an htpassword file
htpasswd -c /home/my_account/webapps/evesch/apache2/conf/.mypasswds my_user

2) Execute this command to create a htgroups file
echo "managers: my_user" > /home/my_account/webapps/evesch/apache2/conf/.mygroups

3) Modify your httpd.conf file to look like this.
############# contents of /home/my_account/webapps/evesch/apache2 #####
ServerRoot "/home/my_account/webapps/evesch/apache2"

LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
LoadModule python_module modules/mod_python.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

# added by me (joe)
LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so


KeepAlive Off
Listen 7637
LogFormat "%{X-Forwarded-For}i %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
CustomLog logs/access_log combined
ServerLimit 2

<Location "/">
PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
PythonPath "['/home/my_account/webapps/evesch', '/home/my_account/webapps/evesch/lib/python2.5'] + sys.path"
SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE myproject.settings
SetHandler python-program

# added by me (joe)
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Under Construction"
AuthUserFile /home/my_account/webapps/evesch/apache2/conf/.mypasswds
AuthGroupFile /home/my_account/webapps/evesch/apache2/conf/.mygroups
Require group managers
</Location>

##############################################

4) restart your apache server and web browser
/home/my_account/webapps/evesch/apache2/bin/stop
/home/my_account/webapps/evesch/apache2/bin/start


http://forum.webfaction.com/viewtopic.php?id=2363