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Integrate with Firezone

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What is Firezone​

Firezone is an open-source remote access platform built on WireGuard®, a modern VPN protocol that's 4-6x faster than OpenVPN.

-- https://www.firezone.dev

Preparation​

The following placeholders are used in this guide:

  • firezone.company is the FQDN of the Firezone installation.
  • authentik is the unique ID used to generate logins for this provider.
  • authentik.company is the FQDN of the authentik installation.
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This documentation lists only the settings that you need to change from their default values. Be aware that any changes other than those explicitly mentioned in this guide could cause issues accessing your application.

Create an OAuth2/OpenID provider with the following parameters:

  • Client type: Confidential
  • Redirect URIs/Origins: Redirect URI from Firezone Config
  • Signing Key: <Select your certificate>
  • Click: Finish

Note the Client ID and Client Secret value. Create an application using the provider you've created above.

Firezone Config​

  • Click Security under Settings
  • Under Single Sign-On, click on Add OpenID Connect Provider
  • Config ID: authentik
  • Label: Text to display on the Login button
  • Scope: (leave default of "openid email profile")
  • Response type: `(leave default of 'code')
  • Client ID: Taken from Authentik Provider Config
  • Client Secret: Taken from Authentik Provider Config
  • Discovery Document URI: OpenID Configuration URL from Authentik
  • Redirect URI: https://firezone.company/auth/oidc/<ConfigID>/callback/
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    You should be able to leave the default Rediret URL

  • Auto-create Users: Enabled in order to automatically provision users when signing in the first time.
  • Click Save,

Although local authentication is quick and easy to get started with, you can limit attack surface by disabling local authentication altogether. For production deployments it's usually a good idea to disable local authentication and enforce MFA through authentik.

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In case something goes wrong with the configuration, you can temporarily re-enable local authentication via the REST API or by following instructions from https://www.firezone.dev/docs/administer/troubleshoot/#re-enable-local-authentication-via-cli.

Additional Resources​