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Envoy

Envoy is supported by Authelia.

Important: When using these guides, it’s important to recognize that we cannot provide a guide for every possible method of deploying a proxy. These guides show a suggested setup only, and you need to understand the proxy configuration and customize it to your needs. To-that-end, we include links to the official proxy documentation throughout this documentation and in the See Also section.

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.

Trusted Proxies

Important: You should read the Forwarded Headers section and this section as part of any proxy configuration. Especially if you have never read it before.

Important: The included example is NOT meant for production use. It’s used expressly as an example to showcase how you can configure multiple IP ranges. You should customize this example to fit your specific architecture and needs. You should only include the specific IP address ranges of the trusted proxies within your architecture and should not trust entire subnets unless that subnet only has trusted proxies and no other services.

Assumptions and Adaptation

This guide makes a few assumptions. These assumptions may require adaptation in more advanced and complex scenarios. We can not reasonably have examples for every advanced configuration option that exists. Some of these values can automatically be replaced with documentation variables.

The following are the assumptions we make:

  • Deployment Scenario:
    • Single Host
    • Authelia is deployed as a Container with the container name authelia on port 9091
    • Proxy is deployed as a Container on a network shared with Authelia
  • The above assumption means that Authelia should be accessible to the proxy on http://authelia:9091 and as such:
    • You will have to adapt all instances of the above URL to be https:// if Authelia configuration has a TLS key and certificate defined
    • You will have to adapt all instances of authelia in the URL if:
      • you’re using a different container name
      • you deployed the proxy to a different location
    • You will have to adapt all instances of 9091 in the URL if:
      • you have adjusted the default port in the configuration
    • You will have to adapt the entire URL if:
      • Authelia is on a different host to the proxy
  • All services are part of the example.com domain:
    • This domain and the subdomains will have to be adapted in all examples to match your specific domains unless you’re just testing or you want to use that specific domain

Implementation

Envoy utilizes the ExtAuthz Authz implementation. The associated Metadata should be considered required.

The examples below assume you are using the default Authz Endpoints Configuration or one similar to the following minimal configuration:

configuration.yml 
server:
  endpoints:
    authz:
      ext-authz:
        implementation: 'ExtAuthz'

The examples below also assume you are using the modern Session Configuration which includes the domain, authelia_url, and default_redirection_url as a subkey of the session.cookies key as a list item. Below is an example of the modern configuration as well as the legacy configuration for context.

configuration.yml 
session:
  cookies:
    - domain: 'example.com'
      authelia_url: 'https://auth.example.com'
      default_redirection_url: 'https://www.example.com'
configuration.yml 
default_redirection_url: 'https://www.example.com'
session:
  domain: 'example.com'

Configuration

Below you will find commented examples of the following configuration:

  • Authelia Portal
  • Protected Endpoint (Nextcloud)

Example

Support for Envoy is possible with Authelia v4.37.0 and higher via the Envoy proxy external authorization filter.

docker-compose.yml 
---
networks:
  net:
    driver: 'bridge'
services:
  envoy:
    container_name: 'envoy'
    image: 'envoyproxy/envoy:v1.24'
    restart: 'unless-stopped'
    networks:
      net: {}
    ports:
      - '80:8080'
      - '443:8443'
    volumes:
      - '${PWD}/data/envoy/envoy.yaml:/etc/envoy/envoy.yaml'
      - '${PWD}/data/certificates:/certificates'
  authelia:
    container_name: 'authelia'
    image: 'authelia/authelia'
    restart: 'unless-stopped'
    networks:
      net: {}
    volumes:
      - '${PWD}/data/authelia/config:/config'
    environment:
      TZ: 'Australia/Melbourne'
  nextcloud:
    container_name: 'nextcloud'
    image: 'linuxserver/nextcloud'
    restart: 'unless-stopped'
    networks:
      net: {}
    volumes:
      - '${PWD}/data/nextcloud/config:/config'
      - '${PWD}/data/nextcloud/data:/data'
    environment:
      PUID: '1000'
      PGID: '1000'
      TZ: 'Australia/Melbourne'
envoy.yml 
static_resources:
  listeners:
    - name: 'listener_http'
      address:
        socket_address:
          address: '0.0.0.0'
          port_value: 8080
      filter_chains:
        - filters:
            - name: 'envoy.filters.network.http_connection_manager'
              typed_config:
                "@type": 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.network.http_connection_manager.v3.HttpConnectionManager'
                codec_type: 'auto'
                stat_prefix: 'ingress_http'
                route_config:
                  name: 'local_route'
                  virtual_hosts:
                    - name: 'backend'
                      domains: ['*']
                      routes:
                        - match:
                            prefix: '/'
                          redirect:
                            https_redirect: true
                  http_filters:
                    - name: 'envoy.filters.http.router'
                      typed_config:
                        "@type": 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.router.v3.Router'
    - name: 'listener_https'
      address:
        socket_address:
          address: '0.0.0.0'
          port_value: 8443
      filter_chains:
        - filters:
            - name: 'envoy.filters.network.http_connection_manager'
              typed_config:
                "@type": 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.network.http_connection_manager.v3.HttpConnectionManager'
                stat_prefix: 'ingress_http'
                use_remote_address: true
                skip_xff_append: false
                route_config:
                  name: 'local_route'
                  virtual_hosts:
                    - name: 'whoami_service'
                      domains: ["nextcloud.example.com"]
                      routes:
                        - match:
                            prefix: "/"
                          route:
                            cluster: 'nextcloud'
                    - name: 'authelia_service'
                      domains: ['auth.example.com']
                      typed_per_filter_config:
                        envoy.filters.http.ext_authz:
                          "@type": 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.ext_authz.v3.ExtAuthzPerRoute'
                          disabled: true
                      routes:
                        - match:
                            prefix: '/'
                          route:
                            cluster: 'authelia'
                http_filters:
                  - name: 'envoy.filters.http.ext_authz'
                    typed_config:
                      "@type": 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.ext_authz.v3.ExtAuthz'
                      transport_api_version: 'v3'
                      allowed_headers:
                        patterns:
                          - exact: 'authorization'
                          - exact: 'proxy-authorization'
                          - exact: 'accept'
                          - exact: 'cookie'
                      http_service:
                        path_prefix: '/api/authz/ext-authz/'
                        server_uri:
                          uri: 'authelia:9091'
                          cluster: 'authelia'
                          timeout: '0.25s'
                        authorization_request:
                          allowed_headers:
                            patterns:
                              - exact: 'authorization'
                              - exact: 'proxy-authorization'
                              - exact: 'accept'
                              - exact: 'cookie'
                          headers_to_add:
                            - key: 'X-Forwarded-Proto'
                              value: '%REQ(:SCHEME)%'
                            ## The following commented lines are for configuring the Authelia URL in the proxy. We
                            ## strongly suggest this is configured in the Session Cookies section of the Authelia configuration.
                            # - key: X-Authelia-URL
                            #   value: https://auth.example.com
                        authorization_response:
                          allowed_upstream_headers:
                            patterns:
                              - prefix: 'remote-'
                              - prefix: 'authelia-'
                          allowed_client_headers:
                            patterns:
                              - exact: 'set-cookie'
                          allowed_client_headers_on_success:
                            patterns:
                              - exact: 'set-cookie'
                      failure_mode_allow: false
                  - name: 'envoy.filters.http.router'
                    typed_config:
                      "@type": 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.router.v3.Router'
  clusters:
    - name: 'nextcloud'
      connect_timeout: '0.25s'
      type: 'logical_dns'
      dns_lookup_family: 'v4_only'
      lb_policy: 'round_robin'
      load_assignment:
        cluster_name: 'nextcloud'
        endpoints:
          - lb_endpoints:
              - endpoint:
                  address:
                    socket_address:
                      address: 'nextcloud'
                      port_value: 80
    - name: 'authelia'
      connect_timeout: '0.25s'
      type: 'logical_dns'
      dns_lookup_family: 'v4_only'
      lb_policy: 'round_robin'
      load_assignment:
        cluster_name: 'authelia'
        endpoints:
          - lb_endpoints:
              - endpoint:
                  address:
                    socket_address:
                      address: 'authelia'
                      port_value: 9091
layered_runtime:
  layers:
    - name: 'static_layer_0'
      static_layer:
        envoy:
          resource_limits:
            listener:
              example_listener_name:
                connection_limit: 10000
        overload:
          global_downstream_max_connections: 50000

Gateway API (Kubernetes)

Secure route 

apiVersion: gateway.envoyproxy.io/v1alpha1
kind: SecurityPolicy
metadata:
  name: authelia-example
  namespace: example
spec:
  extAuth:
    failOpen: false
    headersToExtAuth:
    - X-Forwarded-Proto
    - authorization
    - proxy-authorization
    - accept
    - cookie
    http:
      backendRefs:
      - group: ""
        kind: Service
        name: authelia
        namespace: authelia
        port: 80
      path: /api/authz/ext-authz/
  targetRefs:
  - group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
    kind: HTTPRoute
    name: example

If the route namespace differs from the authelia service namespace, there is a need to declare a ReferenceGrant:

apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: ReferenceGrant
metadata:
  name: example-ref-authelia-svc
  namespace: authelia
spec:
  from:
  - group: gateway.envoyproxy.io
    kind: SecurityPolicy
    namespace: example
    name: authelia-example
  to:
  - group: ""
    kind: Service
    name: authelia

Secure gateway 

apiVersion: gateway.envoyproxy.io/v1alpha1
kind: SecurityPolicy
metadata:
  name: authelia-example
  namespace: example
spec:
  extAuth:
    failOpen: false
    headersToExtAuth:
    - X-Forwarded-Proto
    - authorization
    - proxy-authorization
    - accept
    - cookie
    http:
      backendRefs:
      - group: ""
        kind: Service
        name: authelia
        namespace: authelia
        port: 80
      path: /api/authz/ext-authz/
  targetRefs:
  - group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
    kind: Gateway
    name: example

If the gateway namespace differs from the authelia service namespace, there is a need to declare a ReferenceGrant:

apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: ReferenceGrant
metadata:
  name: example-ref-authelia-svc
  namespace: authelia
spec:
  from:
  - group: gateway.envoyproxy.io
    kind: SecurityPolicy
    namespace: example
    name: authelia-example
  to:
  - group: ""
    kind: Service
    name: authelia

See Also

Last updated on December 8, 2024
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