.htaccess in Multiple Environments

Question

I know similar questions have been asked before but I haven\'t found any really specific answers for my situation.

I have an ExpressionEngine site running on multiple en

Answer 1

Jon's answer is a good one. Unfortunately, not all web hosts will allow you to control that -D parameter for starting Apache.

Here's a way to use a single htaccess file on dev and production, but only have the dev site password protected:

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Password protect staging server
# Use one .htaccess file across multiple environments
# (e.g. local, dev, staging, production)
# but only password protect a specific environment.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

SetEnvIf Host staging.domain.com passreq
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Password Required"
AuthUserFile /full/path/to/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Deny from env=passreq
Satisfy any