Configuring Apache2 Server as SSL Proxy with htdigest auth

If you want to secure your DeepaMehta server e.g. on a public webserver, you should definitely consider secure https via SSL and and some sort of authentication. As DeepaMehta does not yet support these features natively, you can use an Apache2 Server and run it as an SSL proxy with htdigest authentication. Just follow these steps:

1. Load the required modules

   a2enmod ssl proxy proxy_http
   

2. Create file deepamehta in /etc/apache2/sites-available:

    <VirtualHost *:443>
       
       ServerName deepamehta.yourdomain.tld
       ServerAdmin postmaster@yourdomain.tld
   
       SSLEngine On
       SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/deepamehta.yourdomain.tld.pem
   
       ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/deepamehta-error.log
       CustomLog /var/log/apache2/deepamehta-access.log combined
       
       RewriteEngine On 
       RewriteRule ^/?$ http://localhost:8080/index.html [P] 
       
       ProxyRequests Off
       ProxyPreserveHost Off
       ProxyStatus On
       
       <Proxy *>
   	Order deny,allow
           Allow from all
       </Proxy>
       
       <location />
   	Order allow,deny
   	Allow from all
   	AuthType Digest
   	AuthName "deepamehta.yourdomain.tld"
   	AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htdigest
   	Require valid-user
   	ProxyPass http://localhost:8080/
   	ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8080/
       </location>
   
    </VirtualHost>
   

3. Create link to /etc/apache2/sites-available/deepamehta in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled and restart the webserver ...

That's it! You can now securely connect to https://deepamehta.your.domain.tld and will need to identify yourself with a username and password.