diff --git a/verdaccio/config.yaml b/verdaccio/config.yaml
index 7264ed23..b3054553 100644
--- a/verdaccio/config.yaml
+++ b/verdaccio/config.yaml
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@ uplinks:
     url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
 packages:
   '@*/*':
-    access: $all
-    publish: $all
+    access: $authenticated
+    publish: $authenticated
     proxy: npmjs
   '**':
     proxy: npmjs
+auth:
+  htpasswd:
+    file: /verdaccio/htpasswd
+    # Maximum amount of users allowed to register, defaults to "+inf".
+    # You can set this to -1 to disable registration.
+    max_users: -1
 log: { type: stdout, format: pretty, level: http }
 max_body_size: 500mb
diff --git a/verdaccio/htpasswd b/verdaccio/htpasswd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c6eb099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/verdaccio/htpasswd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+user:{SHA}W6ph5Mm5Pz8GgiULbPgzG37mj9g=