#Source https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-basic-http-authentication-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-14-04

##install
#install apache2-utils
apt-get install apache2-utils -y

#create authentaction file 
htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd <user>
#You will be prompted for a password 

##add this to nginx configuttion underneath the location 
        auth_basic "Private Property";
        auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;
        
## reload nginx
service nginx reload