authentik/website/docs/installation/configuration.md

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Configuration

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 :::

Configure the length of generated tokens. Defaults to 128.

AUTHENTIK_IMPERSONATION

:::info Requires authentik 2022.4.2 :::

Globally enable/disable impersonation. Defaults to true.

AUTHENTIK_FOOTER_LINKS

:::info Requires authentik 2021.12.1 :::

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