Modify Apache Virtual Host for a site in Cpanel Server

On Cpanel server Apache configuration file get recreated every time you modify or add a new web site. In cause you need to modify VirtualHost entry for a web site hosted in cpanel, you should not edit /etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf file.

If you open /etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf and check virtual host entry for a web site, you will see line like

# Include "/etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/std/2_4/USERNAME/DOMAINNAME/*.conf"
# Include "/etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/ssl/2_4/USERNAME/DOMAINNAME/*.conf"

in non-ssl and ssl virtual host entry for a domain. To modify virtual host entry, you need to create the folder, then create a file with extension .conf

Then rebuilt httpd.conf by running

/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf

During rebuild, the script will check for the conf file, if found the line get uncommented (remove # from beginning of Include line).

For a web site, i need to protect it with password. This is a feature available in cpanel, but i want it done on server side, so no one accidently make this site public by deleting .htacess.

To do this, i created folders

mkdir -p /etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/std/2_4/serverok/demo.serverok.in/
mkdir -p /etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/ssl/2_4/serverok/demo.serverok.in/

In this cause, cpanel user name is “serverok” and the web site url is demo.serverok.in

I created .conf file in both folders

vi /etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/std/2_4/serverok/demo.serverok.in/password.conf
vi /etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/ssl/2_4/serverok/demo.serverok.in/password.conf

Add content

    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Restricted Content"
    AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/serverok-htpaswd
    Require valid-user


Now rebuild httpd.conf with

/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf

Restart Apache with
systemctl restart httpd

Now when i visit the web site, it ask for password. We have not yet created password file, so create it with
htpasswd -b -c /etc/apache2/serverok-htpaswd USERNAME_HERE PASSWORD_HERE

See Cpanel Server, Apache