What?¶ Google App Engine is great at serving static content: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstartedpython27/staticfiles This page describes how to set up HTTP Basic Auth for that static content. My Use Case¶ I run this website on Google App Engine, and build the static content (that you’re reading now) using Sphinx, which is a documentation system. Sphinx is nice for produci