Installing Authentik and Putting My Homelab Services Behind It
The author describes their experience setting up Authentik to manage authentication for their self-hosted services. They aimed to streamline access and improve security by consolidating login management and reducing public exposure of services. The setup involved using Docker Compose and Cloudflare Tunnel to create a clean and efficient environment for their homelab applications.
- ▪The author rebuilt their service stack around Authentik to handle authentication more effectively.
- ▪Cloudflare Tunnel was used to manage public access while keeping services internal.
- ▪The installation process was straightforward, utilizing Docker Compose for a clean deployment.
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Tech blog Installing Authentik and Putting My Homelab Services Behind It 03 Apr 2026 I finally got around to doing something I should have done a while ago: putting a proper front door in front of the self-hosted services I actually care about.For a long time, my setup worked, but it was messy. Some apps were public, some were only reachable internally, some lived behind random reverse proxy rules, and a few had their own local logins that I didn't really want to keep managing forever.
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