How to add simple http authentication in Ruby on Rails

Aug 26, 25 / 261 comments / #Ruby on Rails

Sometimes you don't need a fancy authentication for your website, here's how to can implement that.

Instead of implementing something like Devise, or your own authentication, you can just use simple http authentication from Ruby on Rails.

Maybe you just need to hide a simple admin section, not ready to show the website to the world, etc. When that's the case, this simple solution is really great.

class Admin::PostsController < ApplicationController
  http_basic_authenticate_with name: "codewithstein", password: "rubyonrails"

  def index
    @posts = Post.order(created_at: :desc)
  end
end

So with this one line, you will now need a username and password to access this controller. Note that saving passwords like this in clear text is not so called best practice, so keep that in mind.

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