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title: Automated install
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To install authentik automatically (skipping the Out-of-box experience), you can use the following environment variables:

### `AUTHENTIK_BOOTSTRAP_PASSWORD` or `AK_ADMIN_PASS`

Configure the default password for the `akadmin` user. Only read on the first startup. Can be used for any flow executor.

:::info
For versions before 2022.6, this variable was called `AK_ADMIN_PASS`. This will be removed in 2022.7
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### `AUTHENTIK_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN` or `AK_ADMIN_TOKEN`

:::note
This option has been added in 2021.8
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Create a token for the default `akadmin` user. Only read on the first startup. The string you specify for this variable is the token key you can use to authenticate yourself to the API.

:::info
For versions before 2022.6, this variable was called `AK_ADMIN_TOKEN`. This will be removed in 2022.7
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