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title: Full development environment
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## Requirements
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- Python 3.11
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- Poetry, which is used to manage dependencies
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- Go 1.20
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- Node.js 20
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- PostgreSQL (any recent version will do)
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- Redis (any recent version will do)
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## Services Setup
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For PostgreSQL and Redis, you can use the `docker-compose.yml` file in `/scripts`.To use these pre-configured database instances, navigate to the `/scripts` directory in your local copy of the authentik git repo, and run `docker compose up -d`.
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You can also use a native install, if you prefer.
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If you use locally installed databases, the PostgreSQL credentials given to authentik should have permissions for `CREATE DATABASE` and `DROP DATABASE`, because authentik creates a temporary database for tests.
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## Backend Setup
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Depending on your platform, some native dependencies might be required. On macOS, run `brew install libxmlsec1 libpq`, and for the CLI tools `brew install postgresql redis node@20`
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As long as [this issue](https://github.com/xmlsec/python-xmlsec/issues/252) about `libxmlsec-1.3.0` is open, a workaround is required to install a compatible version of `libxmlsec1` with brew, see [this comment](https://github.com/xmlsec/python-xmlsec/issues/254#issuecomment-1612005910).
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First, you need to create an isolated Python environment. To create the environment and install dependencies, run the following commands in the same directory as your authentik git repository:
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```shell
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poetry shell # Creates a python virtualenv, and activates it in a new shell
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make install # Install all required dependencies for Python and Javascript, including development dependencies
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```
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To configure authentik to use the local databases, we need a local config file. This file can be generated by running `make gen-dev-config`.
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To apply database migrations, run `make migrate`. This is needed after the initial setup, and whenever you fetch new source from upstream.
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Generally speaking, authentik is a Django application, ran by gunicorn, proxied by a Go application. The Go application serves static files.
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Most functions and classes have type-hints and docstrings, so it is recommended to install a Python Type-checking Extension in your IDE to navigate around the code.
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Before committing code, run `make lint` to ensure your code is formatted well. This also requires `pyright`, which is installed in the `web/` folder to make dependency management easier.
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Run `make gen` to generate an updated OpenAPI document for any changes you made.
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## Frontend Setup
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By default, no compiled bundle of the frontend is included so this step is required even if you're not developing for the UI.
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To build the UI once, run `make web-build`.
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Alternatively, if you want to live-edit the UI, you can run `make web-watch` instead.
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This will immediately update the UI with any changes you make so you can see the results in real time without needing to rebuild.
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To format the frontend code, run `make web`.
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## Running authentik
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Now that the backend and frontend have been setup and built, you can start authentik by running `ak server`. authentik should now be accessible at `http://localhost:9000`.
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To define a password for the default admin (called **akadmin**), you can manually enter the `/if/flow/initial-setup/` path in the browser address bar to launch the initial flow.
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Example: http://localhost:9000/if/flow/initial-setup/
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