Apache rails beta solutions for site access

I answered a similar question yesterday with a simple solution in Rails; I am using this solution to protect my development site from learning while testing. I've tried it below for convenience.

Rails has a built-in helper for this, you can put this in your application controller:

protected
  def authenticate
    authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic do |username, password|
      username == "admin" && password == "test"
    end
  end

      

        
        
        
      

    

Then use the before_filter file on any controllers you want to protect (or just paste it into your app controller to block the entire site):

before_filter :authenticate

      

        
        
        
      

    

This method works with both Nginx and Apache, which is an added bonus. However, it does not work if full page caching is enabled — since the visitor is never pushed onto the Rails stack; he won't kick.

Edit Just noticed that you specified the route / admin. All my admin controllers inherit from AdminController. You can customize your settings like this:

/app/controllers/admin/admin_controller.rb

class Admin::AdminController < ApplicationController
  before_filter :authenticate
  protected
    def authenticate
      authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic do |username, password|
      username == "admin" && password == "test"
    end
  end
end

      

        
        
        
      

    

Then all controllers extend the admin controller, for example:

class Admin::ThingsController < Admin::AdminController

      

        
        
        
      

    

My routes are configured like this:

map.namespace :admin do |admin|
    admin.resources :things
end

      

        
        
        
      

    

Hope it helps.