Installation and Configuration

Everything you need to get authentik up and running!

The installation process for our free open source version and our Enterprise version are exactly the same. For information about obtaining an Enterprise license, refer to License management documentation.

For information about upgrading to a new version, refer to the Upgrade section in the relevant Release Notes and to our Upgrade authentik documentation.

🗃️ Installation

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📄️ Configuration

This page details all the authentik configuration options that you can set via environment variables.

📄️ Upgrade authentik

Upgrading to the latest version of authentik, whether a new major release or a patch, involves running a few commands to pull down the latest images and then restarting the servers and databases.

📄️ Beta versions

You can test upcoming authentik versions, including major new features that are in "Beta release", by switching to the next images. It is recommended to upgrade to the latest stable release before upgrading to Beta images. It is always possible to upgrade from the Beta to the next stable release.

📄️ Reverse-proxy

Since authentik uses WebSockets to communicate with Outposts, it does not support HTTP/1.0 reverse-proxies. The HTTP/1.0 specification does not officially support WebSockets or protocol upgrades, though some clients may allow it.

📄️ Automated install

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

📄️ Air-gapped environments

Outbound connections