launch cellxgene with password

[FADHLyemen]

Hi Is there a simple way to launch cellxgene instance with a password so only users with a password can access it?

[interactivereport]

Hi Fadhl,

Are you familiar with Apache reverse proxy module? You can use Apache to set up a public website first, and then reverse proxy to the real Cellxgene instant. In Apache, you can set up basic http authentication (i.e., .htaccess, .htpasswd).

--Derrick

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[michaeleekk]

@FADHLyemen Other than adding Apache server, another way would probably be to modify the cellxgene server/app/app.py and add HTTPBasicAuth to get a simple password protection.

You might want to have a look of this link, https://flask-httpauth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/.

I put an example to this filebin. You might want to have a look and see if that helps :) The file will work with their latest commit that added support with cellxgene 1.1.1. Once you finished all the VIP setup, you just need to replace the file with the one inside the filebin. The path will be around /opt/conda/lib/python3.8/site-packages/server/app/app.py, depending on the Python version you are using.