How to configure IIS7 to implement basic authentication in PHP_php tips

Configure IIS7 to implement basic authentication in the PHP running environment. In fact, there are several methods of IIS7 authentication, such as Windows authentication, digest authentication, etc. Relatively speaking, IIS7 basic authentication is the simplest. One, the following is a graphic introduction to the implementation method and precautions of IIS7 basic authentication. I hope it will be helpful to friends who are getting started with PHP.

Preparation

1. Since the authentication function is not installed and configured by default in IIS7, if you want to implement IIS7 basic authentication, you must first install the IIS7 authentication function, and you need to open

Control Panel>Programs and Features>Turn Windows features on or off, find IIS, and select Basic Authentication to install, as shown in the figure

Install IIS7 authentication function

2. In addition to installing the IIS7 authentication function, you also need to configure PHP5 to run on IIS7. Please refer to the Win7 IIS7.5 PHP Manager installation and configuration PHP5 Mysql tutorial and the Windows7 IIS7 installation and configuration PHP5 tutorial using FastCgi and ISAPI methods.

The first step to implement basic authentication in IIS7: disable anonymous authentication

Open IIS Manager, click a directory under the website on the left, select Authentication in the IIS function view on the right, and the anonymous authentication option appears. You need to disable anonymous authentication first, because all browsers The first request sent to the server is to access the server content anonymously. If you do not disable anonymous authentication, users can anonymously access all content on the server, including restricted content.

The second step of implementing basic authentication in IIS7: Edit the basic authentication configuration

After disabling anonymous authentication, you can directly enable the default basic authentication, or you can right-click basic authentication, select Edit, and type in the default domain and realm.

IIS7 implements the third step of basic authentication: Create an authenticated username and password

You can create the corresponding username and password by right-clicking Computer>Manage>Local Users and Groups, as shown in the picture, I created a user with the PHP tutorial network domain name as the username

Creating a new user for IIS7 authentication

IIS7 implements the fourth step of basic authentication: Configure authenticated users

Open the IIS7 manager, find the corresponding website directory that requires authentication, right-click and select Edit Permissions, click the Security tab, edit the group or user name, and select Add, as shown in the figure

Configuring users for IIS7 authentication

After adding users, you can configure corresponding permissions for authenticated users according to security needs.

After completing the above IIS7 basic authentication configuration, access the corresponding directory configured previously in the form of a URL, and a screen will appear requiring you to enter a username and password to continue access, as shown in the figure

IIS7 authentication access page

IIS7 Basic Authentication Notes:

1. Because IIS7 Basic Authentication user credentials are encoded using Base64 encoding technology but are not encrypted during network transmission, Basic Authentication is considered an insecure authentication method. It is recommended to install and configure SSL

2. The default error message of IIS7 basic authentication will jump to the HTTP401 page. You can configure the jump through the error page in the IIS7 function view.

At this point, the method of implementing basic authentication on IIS7 has been introduced.