https://docs.goshs.de/en/usage/authentication/index.html There are two options for authentication that can be used exclusively or combined: Basic Authentication Certificate Based Authentication Hugo en-US Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:57:29 +0200 https://docs.goshs.de/en/usage/authentication/basic/index.html Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:57:29 +0200 https://docs.goshs.de/en/usage/authentication/basic/index.html Use basic authentication You can use basic authentication with -b to secure the web server. The format is -b user:password, where user can be empty like -b :password. $ goshs -b secret-user:secret-password WARNING[2024-07-04 18:01:46] You are using basic auth without SSL. Your credentials will be transferred in cleartext. Consider using -s, too. INFO [2024-07-04 18:01:46] Using basic auth with user 'secret-user' and password 'secret-password' INFO [2024-07-04 18:01:46] Download embedded file at: /example.txt?embedded INFO [2024-07-04 18:01:46] Serving on interface lo bound to 127.0.0.1:8000 INFO [2024-07-04 18:01:46] Serving on interface eth0 bound to 10.137.0.27:8000 INFO [2024-07-04 18:01:46] Serving HTTP from /home/user Connection without authentication: https://docs.goshs.de/en/usage/authentication/cert/index.html Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:57:29 +0200 https://docs.goshs.de/en/usage/authentication/cert/index.html Use certificate based authentication with client certificates If you already have a CA you could provide goshs with the CA certificate and this will activate certificate based authentication. Any certificate that is signed by the CA can now be used to authenticate against the server. Info You will need to combine this option with TLS in any form to work. So choose -s and then either: