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Integrate with Coolify

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What is Coolify?​

Coolify is an open-source and self-hostable platform for deploying applications, databases, and services to your own servers.

-- https://coolify.io/

Preparation​

The following placeholders are used in this guide:

  • coolify.company is the FQDN of the Coolify installation.
  • 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.

authentik configuration​

Redirect URI changes in authentik 2026.5

In authentik versions earlier than 2026.5, all Redirect URIs are automatically treated as Authorization type. If you are using one of these older authentik versions, add only the Authorization URL to your Redirect URIs and do not configure a Post Logout URI.

To support the integration of Coolify with authentik, you need to create an application/provider pair in authentik.

Create an application and provider​

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.

  2. Navigate to Applications > Applications and click New Application to create an application and provider pair. (Alternatively you can first create a provider separately, then create the application and connect it with the provider.)

    • Application: provide a descriptive name, an optional group for the type of application, the policy engine mode, and optional UI settings.
    • Choose a Provider type: select OAuth2/OpenID Connect as the provider type.
    • Configure the Provider: provide a name (or accept the auto-provided name), the authorization flow to use for this provider, and the following required configurations.
      • Note the Client ID and Client Secret values because they will be required later.
      • Add a Redirect URI of type Strict Authorization as https://coolify.company/auth/authentik/callback.
      • Select any available signing key.
    • Configure Bindings (optional): you can create a binding (policy, group, or user) to manage the listing and access to applications on a user's Application Dashboard page.

  3. Click Submit to save the new application and provider.

Coolify configuration​

  1. Log in to Coolify as an administrator.
  2. Navigate to Settings > Authentication.
  3. In the authentik section, configure the following settings:
    • Enabled: enable the provider.
    • Client ID: enter the client ID from authentik.
    • Client Secret: enter the client secret from authentik.
    • Redirect URI: https://coolify.company/auth/authentik/callback
    • Base URL: https://authentik.company
  4. Click Save.

Coolify signs in users by matching the email address returned by authentik to a Coolify user. If a matching user does not exist, Coolify creates the user only when registration is enabled in Settings > Advanced.

Configuration verification​

To confirm that authentik is properly configured with Coolify, log out of Coolify. On the login page, click Login with authentik and complete the authentik flow.

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