Using .htaccess to restrict access

@HuffinPuffin wrote:

I hope this can help someone else in the same situation!

I was trying to use Matomo Tracker Proxy as well as Matomo’s Opt Out iframe. I followed the .htaccess instructions mentioned above, and got the following 401 error:

HTTP401: DENIED - The requested resource requires user authentication. GET - http://example.com/matomo-proxy.php?module=CoreAdminHome&action=optOut&language=en&backgroundColor=&fontColor=&fontSize=&fontFamily=

@fdellwing kindly modified the QUERY_STRING to fix the issue. This is the .htaccess that works for me now:

<Files "*">
 AuthType Basic
 AuthName "Piwik"
 # to be explicit, state the provider
 AuthBasicProvider file
 AuthUserFile "/PATH/TO/.htpasswd"
 Require valid-user
</Files>
 
# Allow external access to piwik.php and piwik.js and robots.txt
<FilesMatch "(^piwik\.(php|js)|robots\.txt)">
 Require all granted
</FilesMatch>

# Allow Opt-Out
<Files "index.php">
 <If "(%{QUERY_STRING} =~ /^module\=CoreAdminHome\&action\=optOut/)">
   Require all granted
 </If>
</Files>

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