---
obj: application
repo: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik
website: https://goauthentik.io
---

# Authentik
Authentik is an open-source Identity Provider (IDP) that aims to unify your identity needs into a single platform. It can replace Okta, Active Directory, and Auth0, offering a comprehensive solution for managing user identities. Built with the public benefit in mind, Authentik Security Inc. has developed this product on top of the open-source project.

## Features
- **Self-host anywhere**: Authentik allows you to self-host your identity provider, giving you complete control over your data and infrastructure.
- **Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)**: This feature helps ensure the security of your user accounts by requiring multiple forms of identification before granting access.
- **Conditional Access**: Authentik enables you to set conditions for accessing specific resources based on factors such as location, device, or time.
- **Open-source and source available**: The project is fully open-source, with its source code available for anyone to inspect and contribute to.
- **Application Proxy**: This feature allows you to securely connect your applications to Authentik without the need to modify them.
- **Enterprise support**: Authentik offers dedicated enterprise-level support to ensure smooth deployment and operation of the product within your organization.

### Supported Protocols
- **SAML 2.0**
- **OAuth 2.0 and OIDC**
- **SCIM**
- **LDAP**
- **RADIUS**

## Docker-Compose
`docker-compose.yml`:
```yml
---
services:
  postgresql:
    image: docker.io/library/postgres:16-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -d $${POSTGRES_DB} -U $${POSTGRES_USER}"]
      start_period: 20s
      interval: 30s
      retries: 5
      timeout: 5s
    volumes:
      - ./db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${PG_PASS:?database password required}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${PG_USER:-authentik}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${PG_DB:-authentik}
    env_file:
      - .env
  redis:
    image: docker.io/library/redis:alpine
    command: --save 60 1 --loglevel warning
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "redis-cli ping | grep PONG"]
      start_period: 20s
      interval: 30s
      retries: 5
      timeout: 3s
    volumes:
      - ./redis:/data
    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          memory: 512M

  server:
    image: ${AUTHENTIK_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/goauthentik/server}:${AUTHENTIK_TAG:-2024.8}
    restart: unless-stopped
    command: server
    environment:
      AUTHENTIK_REDIS__HOST: redis
      AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__HOST: postgresql
      AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__USER: ${PG_USER:-authentik}
      AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__NAME: ${PG_DB:-authentik}
      AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__PASSWORD: ${PG_PASS}
    volumes:
      - ./media:/media
      - ./custom-templates:/templates
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - "${COMPOSE_PORT_HTTP:-9000}:9000"
      - "${COMPOSE_PORT_HTTPS:-9443}:9443"
    depends_on:
      - postgresql
      - redis
  worker:
    image: ${AUTHENTIK_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/goauthentik/server}:${AUTHENTIK_TAG:-2024.6.4}
    restart: unless-stopped
    command: worker
    environment:
      AUTHENTIK_REDIS__HOST: redis
      AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__HOST: postgresql
      AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__USER: ${PG_USER:-authentik}
      AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__NAME: ${PG_DB:-authentik}
      AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__PASSWORD: ${PG_PASS}
    # `user: root` and the docker socket volume are optional.
    # See more for the docker socket integration here:
    # https://goauthentik.io/docs/outposts/integrations/docker
    # Removing `user: root` also prevents the worker from fixing the permissions
    # on the mounted folders, so when removing this make sure the folders have the correct UID/GID
    # (1000:1000 by default)
    user: root
    volumes:
#      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
      - ./media:/media
      - ./certs:/certs
      - ./custom-templates:/templates
    env_file:
      - .env
    depends_on:
      - postgresql
      - redis
```

`.env`:
````
PG_PASS=<PASSWORD>
AUTHENTIK_SECRET_KEY=<SECRET>

# SMTP Host Emails are sent to
AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__HOST=<HOST>
AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__PORT=465
# Optionally authenticate (don't add quotation marks to your password)
AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__USERNAME=<USER>
AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__PASSWORD=<PASS>
# Use StartTLS
AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__USE_TLS=false
# Use SSL
AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__USE_SSL=true
AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__TIMEOUT=10
# Email address authentik will send from, should have a correct @domain
AUTHENTIK_EMAIL__FROM=<FROM>

COMPOSE_PORT_HTTP=9020
COMPOSE_PORT_HTTPS=9021
```