Bare-Metal

There are several ways to achieve this, as Authelia runs as a daemon. We do not provide specific examples for running Authelia as a service excluding the systemd unit files.

Get started#

It’s strongly recommended that users setting up Authelia for the first time take a look at our Get started guide. This takes you through various steps which are essential to bootstrapping Authelia.

systemd#

We publish two example systemd unit files:

• authelia.service
• authelia@.service

Arch Linux#

In addition to the binaries we publish, we also publish an AUR Package.

Debian#

We publish Debian Packages (.deb) with our releases which can be installed on most Debian based operating systems.

Signing#

Both the Debian Packages and the APT Repository are signed using the signing architecture described in Artifact Signing and Provenance Overview.

APT Repository#

In addition to the Debian Packages we also have an APT Repository. The steps to add it are noted below.

Add the APT Repository#

Add the required packages and download the repository key which is described in more detail in the Artifact Signing and Provenance Overview:

sudo apt install ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo curl -fsSL https://www.authelia.com/keys/authelia-security.gpg -o /usr/share/keyrings/authelia-security.gpg

Verify the downloaded key:

gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/authelia-security.gpg --list-keys --with-subkey-fingerprint

Example output showing the correct Key IDs:

/usr/share/keyrings/authelia-security.gpg
-----------------------------------------
pub   rsa4096 2025-06-27 [SC]
      192085915BD608A458AC58DCE461FA1531286EEA
uid           [ unknown] Authelia Security <security@authelia.com>
uid           [ unknown] Authelia Security <team@authelia.com>
sub   rsa2048 2025-06-27 [E] [expires: 2033-06-25]
      7DBA42FED0069D5828A44079975E8FFC6876AFBB
sub   rsa2048 2025-06-27 [SA] [expires: 2033-06-25]
      C387CC1B5FFC25E55F75F3E6A228F3BD04CC9652

Add the repository to sources.list.d:

echo \
  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/authelia-security.gpg] https://apt.authelia.com stable main" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/authelia.list > /dev/null

Update the cache and install:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install authelia

Nix#

Using the Nix package manager Authelia is available via the https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable channel. It should be noted that this channel is both unstable and this is a third-party package.

nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
nix-channel --update
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.authelia

FreeBSD#

In addition to the binaries we publish, FreshPorts offer a third-party package.

We publish an rc.d service script file:

• authelia-fb-rc.d

Binaries#

We publish binaries with our releases which can be installed on many operating systems.