Basicauth gives: "unauthorized directive Bob"

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Hi. Following official docs at basicauth (Caddyfile directive) — Caddy Documentation, I tried to setup basic auth but run into the issue, that the directive seems to be different and results this way in an error.

1. Caddy version (caddy version):

v2.1.1

2. How I run Caddy:

via docker-compose

caddy:
    image: caddy:2.1.1-alpine
    ports:
      - 80:80
      - 443:443
    volumes:
         ....

a. System environment:

Docker, alpine

b. Command:

c. Service/unit/compose file:

d. My complete Caddyfile or JSON config:

basicauth /secret/* {
	Bob JDJhJDEwJEVCNmdaNEg2Ti5iejRMYkF3MFZhZ3VtV3E1SzBWZEZ5Q3VWc0tzOEJwZE9TaFlZdEVkZDhX
}

my.test-domain.io {
{
  root * /usr/share/my-app
  file_server
}

3. The problem I’m having:

Starting caddy results in the following error:

caddy_1      | {"level":"info","ts":1632204348.0622334,"msg":"using provided configuration","config_file":"/etc/caddy/Caddyfile","config_adapter":"caddyfile"}
caddy_1      | run: adapting config using caddyfile: /etc/caddy/Caddyfile:6: unrecognized directive: Bob

Error: unrecognized directive: Bob

4. Error messages and/or full log output:

unrecognized directive: Bob

5. What I already tried:

other passwords

6. Links to relevant resources:

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The directives go inside site blocks, not outside of it. Semantically, consider the question of: how could Caddy which site/host/domain should basicauth apply on if not surrounded by the definition of the site? In your

Also, you have an extra { here in the second line

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That’s a very old version. Please upgrade to 2.4.5!

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Not sure if you have fixed your issue but an alternative way to do it to keep your basicauth outside of your site is to define a code snippet. It helps to manage your users and you can reuse with different sites.
Hope this helps

(basic-auth) {
       basicauth /secrets/* {
              (username) (hashed password)
      }
}

mytest.mydomain.tld {
      import basic-auth
      ...
}
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