diff --git a/ansible/roles/pages/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/pages/tasks/main.yml
index 61e4d12..50b6407 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/pages/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/pages/tasks/main.yml
@@ -40,3 +40,11 @@
     password: "{{ github_user_password }}"
     mode: 0640
   become: true
+
+- name: Create status user
+  htpasswd:
+    path: /opt/pages/htpasswd.txt
+    name: status
+    password: "{{ status_user_password }}"
+    mode: 0640
+  become: true
diff --git a/ansible/roles/pages/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/pages/vars/main.yml
index 3f6be40..45ec8b3 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/pages/vars/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/pages/vars/main.yml
@@ -20,4 +20,15 @@ github_user_password: !vault |
   38343763363363623334313735346230373135626337343437633833633230376466396663363233
   32303562653733653334316439663230353031656132363661383166656639396235353838396535
   31636364366363316339386131333530626462633765393033393666343763303366
+status_user_password: !vault |
+  $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
+  38383638393932323735303533393663386130653438353532383330346563353538333235643439
+  3030663365636138626432313832653265326436326261380a353331356636633231366337363163
+  32386431643665393263313332316439633562623738396565643364643165303865616636323531
+  6637343239346465360a626562373534396330643830393332306138633961663561323539363639
+  65613432383964386130393064663834613735656132303331353631623135393963333239356662
+  62653764616264663761333461393734303439363538353333613237333536366637366538353539
+  37613238343339346533386231336231663430316637323835666534646365376138653563653432
+  65373232623736396230326139653162353065326664653733623033613734643032643336663063
+  30616339326564383031633566653834656631376361663136343161393334303036
 traefik_pages_password: "{{ vault_traefik_pages_password }}"