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+On live sites
+
+/home/<user>/auth/.htpasswd
+
+To create a new .htpasswd file
+htpasswd -c /home/<user>/auth/.htpasswd
+
+To add a new user/change the password
+htpasswd .htpasswd <user> 
+
+`location /status {
+        auth_basic   "filename";
+        auth_basic_user_file   /home/<user>/auth/.htpasswd;
+        allow <ip>;
+        deny all;
+        satisfy any;
+	...
+}`
+
+The above settings are the same style as .htaccess with the auth_basic_user_file pointing to the .htpasswd file in the first step.