authentik/website/docs/installation/configuration.md

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title: Configuration
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These are all the configuration options you can set via environment variables.

Append any of the following keys to your `.env` file, and run `docker-compose up -d` to apply them.

:::info
The double-underscores are intentional, as all these settings are translated to yaml internally, a double-underscore indicates the next level.
:::

All of these variables can be set to values, but you can also use a URI-like format to load values from other places:

-   `env://<name>` Loads the value from the environment variable `<name>`. Fallback can be optionally set like `env://<name>?<default>`
-   `file://<name>` Loads the value from the file `<name>`. Fallback can be optionally set like `file://<name>?<default>`

## PostgreSQL Settings

-   `AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__HOST`: Hostname of your PostgreSQL Server
-   `AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__NAME`: Database name
-   `AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__USER`: Database user
-   `AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__PORT`: Database port, defaults to 5432
-   `AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__PASSWORD`: Database password, defaults to the environment variable `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`

## Redis Settings

-   `AUTHENTIK_REDIS__HOST`: Hostname of your Redis Server
-   `AUTHENTIK_REDIS__PORT`: Redis port, defaults to 6379
-   `AUTHENTIK_REDIS__PASSWORD`: Password for your Redis Server
-   `AUTHENTIK_REDIS__CACHE_DB`: Database for caching, defaults to 0
-   `AUTHENTIK_REDIS__MESSAGE_QUEUE_DB`: Database for the message queue, defaults to 1
-   `AUTHENTIK_REDIS__WS_DB`: Database for websocket connections, defaults to 2
-   `AUTHENTIK_REDIS__OUTPOST_SESSION_DB`: Database for sessions for the embedded outpost, defaults to 3
-   `AUTHENTIK_REDIS__CACHE_TIMEOUT`: Timeout for cached data until it expires in seconds, defaults to 300
-   `AUTHENTIK_REDIS__CACHE_TIMEOUT_FLOWS`: Timeout for cached flow plans until they expire in seconds, defaults to 300
-   `AUTHENTIK_REDIS__CACHE_TIMEOUT_POLICIES`: Timeout for cached policies until they expire in seconds, defaults to 300
-   `AUTHENTIK_REDIS__CACHE_TIMEOUT_REPUTATION`: Timeout for cached reputation until they expire in seconds, defaults to 300

## authentik Settings

### AUTHENTIK_SECRET_KEY

Secret key used for cookie signing and unique user IDs, don't change this after the first install.

### AUTHENTIK_LOG_LEVEL

Log level for the server and worker containers. Possible values: debug, info, warning, error

Starting with 2021.12.3, you can also set the log level to _trace_. This has no affect on the core authentik server, but shows additional messages for the embedded outpost.

Defaults to `info`.

### AUTHENTIK_COOKIE_DOMAIN

Which domain the session cookie should be set to. By default, the cookie is set to the domain authentik is accessed under.

### AUTHENTIK_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK

Disable the inbuilt update-checker. Defaults to `false`.

### AUTHENTIK_ERROR_REPORTING

-   `AUTHENTIK_ERROR_REPORTING__ENABLED`

    Enable error reporting. Defaults to `false`.

    Error reports are sent to https://sentry.beryju.org, and are used for debugging and general feedback. Anonymous performance data is also sent.

-   `AUTHENTIK_ERROR_REPORTING__ENVIRONMENT`

    Unique environment that is attached to your error reports, should be set to your email address for example. Defaults to `customer`.

-   `AUTHENTIK_ERROR_REPORTING__SEND_PII`

    Whether or not to send personal data, like usernames. Defaults to `false`.

### AUTHENTIK_EMAIL

-   `AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__HOST`

    Default: `localhost`

-   `AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__PORT`

    Default: `25`

-   `AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__USERNAME`

    Default: `` (Don't add quotation marks)

-   `AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__PASSWORD`

    Default: `` (Don't add quotation marks)

-   `AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__USE_TLS`

    Default: `false`

-   `AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__USE_SSL`

    Default: `false`

-   `AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__TIMEOUT`

    Default: `10`

-   `AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__FROM`

    Default: `authentik@localhost`

    Email address authentik will send from, should have a correct @domain

    To change the sender's display name, use a format like `Name <account@domain>`.

### AUTHENTIK_OUTPOSTS

-   `AUTHENTIK_OUTPOSTS__CONTAINER_IMAGE_BASE`

    Placeholders:

    -   `%(type)s`: Outpost type; proxy, ldap, etc
    -   `%(version)s`: Current version; 2021.4.1
    -   `%(build_hash)s`: Build hash if you're running a beta version

    Placeholder for outpost docker images. Default: `ghcr.io/goauthentik/%(type)s:%(version)s`.

-   `AUTHENTIK_OUTPOSTS__DISCOVER`

    Configure the automatic discovery of integrations. Defaults to `true`.

    By default, the following is discovered:

    -   Kubernetes in-cluster config
    -   Kubeconfig
    -   Existence of a docker socket

### AUTHENTIK_AVATARS

Configure how authentik should show avatars for users. Following values can be set:

-   `none`: Disables per-user avatars and just shows a 1x1 pixel transparent picture
-   `gravatar`: Uses gravatar with the user's email address (default)
-   Any URL: If you want to use images hosted on another server, you can set any URL.

    Additionally, these placeholders can be used:

    -   `%(username)s`: The user's username
    -   `%(mail_hash)s`: The email address, md5 hashed
    -   `%(upn)s`: The user's UPN, if set (otherwise an empty string)

### AUTHENTIK_DEFAULT_USER_CHANGE_NAME

:::info
Requires authentik 2021.12.5
:::

Enable the ability for users to change their name, defaults to `true`.

### AUTHENTIK_DEFAULT_USER_CHANGE_EMAIL

:::info
Requires authentik 2021.12.1
:::

Enable the ability for users to change their Email address, defaults to `true`.

### AUTHENTIK_DEFAULT_USER_CHANGE_USERNAME

:::info
Requires authentik 2021.12.1
:::

Enable the ability for users to change their Usernames, defaults to `true`.

### AUTHENTIK_GDPR_COMPLIANCE

:::info
Requires authentik 2021.12.1
:::

When enabled, all the events caused by a user will be deleted upon the user's deletion. Defaults to `true`.

### AUTHENTIK_DEFAULT_TOKEN_LENGTH

:::info
Requires authentik 2022.4.1
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Configure the length of generated tokens. Defaults to 128.

### AUTHENTIK_IMPERSONATION

:::info
Requires authentik 2022.4.2
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Globally enable/disable impersonation. Defaults to `true`.

### AUTHENTIK_FOOTER_LINKS

:::info
Requires authentik 2021.12.1
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This option configures the footer links on the flow executor pages.

The setting can be used as follows:

```
AUTHENTIK_FOOTER_LINKS='[{"name": "Link Name","href":"https://goauthentik.io"}]'
```

## Debugging

To check if your config has been applied correctly, you can run the following command to output the full config:

```
docker-compose run --rm worker dump_config
# Or for kubernetes
kubectl exec -it deployment/authentik-worker -c authentik -- ak dump_config
```