Apache authentication except localhost

Question

I need to apply HTTP auth just in public use of website, but I don\'t apply it on my localhost. This is the .htaccess that I think should work. But it doesn\'t work

Answer 1

In Apache 2.4, allow, deny and satisfy are not used anymore, IP address restriction is also done with require now:

AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
AuthName "Restricted Access"
AuthType Basic
Require ip 127.0.0.1
Require valid-user

If any of the "Require" directives are fulfilled, the request is allowed. If you want to require both, group them in a block.

For restriction to local access you can use the special syntax Require local instead of Require ip 127.0.0.1

Read more: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_authz_core.html#require