.htaccess deny everything except one file on Laravel

Question

I am using the Laravel platform for my website. What I want to achieve is to show only one web page with some info about the website. All other pages are still in development mode, so i want them to protect with .htaccess.

Here is my .htaccess file, unfortunately it is asking for password for every single page:

AuthName "myweb"
AuthUserFile "/home/passwd"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user

<Files "*">
Require valid-user
</Files>

<Files "start.html">
Allow from all 
Satisfy Any
</Files>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews -Indexes
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    # Handle Authorization Header
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
    RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

If there is some solution with .htaccess it will be great, but if Laravel offers an easy solution (except the maintenance mode) I can except that too.

Thanks in advice !

Answer 1

Try this in the top of your routes.php (or web.php depending on version)

if (getenv('REMOTE_ADDR') != '192.168.6.3' && !\Request::is('/')) {
    abort(404);
}

It says if the Request is not the home screen and the IP address is not my IP address, abort with a 404.