Domain name specific code blocks in htaccess

Question

We have local servers, central dev, staging and production servers. However the dev and staging are password protected for obvious reasons. So after deploying any changes to the

Answer 1

While doing it through the VirtualHost and not a .htaccess is much better, you can use the following solution if the setenvif module is active:

SetEnvIf Host ^dev\.site\.com$ is_on_dev_site
SetEnvIf Host ^staging\.site\.com$ is_on_dev_site
Order deny,allow
Deny from env=is_on_dev_site
# require password if access would otherwise be denied
Satisfy any
# Put your password auth stuff here

You could also do it with a whitelist which is probably better as it ensures your dev sites are still protected even if someone decides to allow access to them via www.dev.site.com etc.:

SetEnvIf Host ^site\.com$ is_on_public_site
SetEnvIf Host ^www\.site\.com$ is_on_public_site
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from env=is_on_public_site
Satisfy any
# Put your password auth stuff here

If you do not have mod_setenvif on your server, mod_rewrite can also do the work for you (replace the SetEnvIf blocks in the whitelist example with the following):

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =site.com
RewriteRule ^ - [E=is_on_public_site:yes]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =www.site.com
RewriteRule ^ - [E=is_on_public_site:yes]