diff --git a/server-nginx-default b/server-nginx-default
index 53e1427..d3f33ae 100644
--- a/server-nginx-default
+++ b/server-nginx-default
@@ -254,6 +254,15 @@ server {
             alias /var/www/html/.well-known/acme-challenge/;
         }
 
+         location = /basic_status {
+            satisfy any;
+
+            auth_basic “metric admin”;
+            auth_basic_user_file .htpasswd;
+            allow 192.168.1.0/24;
+            stub_status;
+        }
+
 
         # pass PHP scripts to FastCGI server
         #