[WordPress] Bitnami nginx - how to configure access to wp-admin for whitelisted IP addresses

[Torwald45]

Describe your issue as much as you can

I tried adding such a block (instead of xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx I provided my own IP address):

location ~ ^/(wp-admin|wp-login\.php) {
                allow xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
                deny all;
  }

sequentially to files:

/opt/bitnami/nginx/conf/server_blocks/wordpress-server-block.conf

/opt/bitnami/nginx/conf/nginx.conf

This causes a server error every time and you can't access the site.

Where to add this block to make it work?

[Torwald45]

Ok, I figured out how to do it differently - using Basic Auth. Steps:

1. Edit file:
   sudo nano /opt/bitnami/nginx/conf/server_blocks/wordpress-https-server-block.conf

2. In block Server { add:

# BASIC-Authentication
location ~* /wp-login.php|/wp-admin/.*\.php$ {
     auth_basic "basic authentication";
     auth_basic_user_file "/bitnami/wordpress/.htpasswd";
     fastcgi_pass unix:/opt/bitnami/php/var/run/www.sock;
     fastcgi_index index.php;
     include fastcgi_params;
     fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
     fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
     fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
}
# end BASIC-Authentication

3. Restart server:
   sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart

4. Install:
   sudo apt-get install apache2-utils

5. Create:
   htpasswd -c /bitnami/wordpress/.htpasswd YOUR-USER
   This command will create access for YOUR-USER, you will need to provide a password.

6. Test your-application/wp-admin

[jotamartos]

Thanks for posting the information here, it'll be really helpful for others in the same situation.

Have a good week!

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