Important disclaimer: This solution is not secure! - It is fine for a quick and temporary solution for your local network, but it is not a secure solution for important ressources that are available over the internet. As a side note: without TLS (HTTPs), the credentials will be sent in plain text, and are easily accessable. Creating the user Even though you could do it per hand, it is recommended to use the Apache utility to create the user. The package needed is called apache2-utils for Debi...