Self-Host Authentik with Docker Compose
Authentik is an open-source Identity Provider that enables Single Sign-On (SSO) across enterprise applications with LDAP, OAuth2/OIDC, and SAML integrations.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
version: '3.8'
services:
authentik:
image: ghcr.io/goauthentik/server:latest
container_name: authentik
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "9000:9000"
environment:
- NODE_ENV=production
- TZ=UTC
volumes:
- authentik_data:/data
volumes:
authentik_data:
driver: localdocker-compose.yml and run:
docker compose up -d
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