adding a pass to folder

Step 1: Enable .htaccess Usage

<Directory /var/www/html>

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

    AllowOverride All

    Require all granted

</Directory>

2) sudo systemctl restart apache2

3) Install utils for pass file

 sudo apt-get install apache2-utils

4) Create pass file

  sudo htpasswd -c /etc/.htpasswd yourusername

5) Create a  .htaccess on the folder

cd /var/www/html/recordings

nano .htaccess

Add the following lines to the file:

AuthType Basic

AuthName "Restricted Access"

AuthUserFile /etc/.htpasswd

Require valid-user

Test and  additional considerations

sudo chmod 644 /etc/.htpasswd

sudo chmod 644 /var/www/html/recordings/.htaccess