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Typo3 Basic Authentication¶
Adds basic authentication (htaccess) support for Typo3 frontend pages. This may be useful for staging or development environments.
Disclaimer¶
The extension should not be used to protect high confidential data. Other extension, your own code or misconfiguration may disable the access protection on the hole website or some sub pages.
Prerequisites¶
- PHP >= 5.6
- Typo3 >= 7.6.2
Setup¶
Composer¶
@todo write instructions
Manual¶
- Download zip file and extract to typo3conf/ext folder
- Activate extension in Extension Manager
Usage¶
The access protection is disabled by default.
The activation is handled by a file named BASIC_AUTH_ENABLED
in the typo3conf
folder.
Due this file it is possible to enable/disable the protection due scripts, easily.
The protection can be toggled in the CMS administration ADMIN TOOLS -> Basic Auth
menu.
All backend users (active and not deleted) are able to authenticate with their credentials.