Tana M Berry 3fd278e16d website/docs: add a new page to help people get started after install is complete (#19217)
* new first steps docs

* moved email config up to match Docker

* first draft

* moved sections and retitled some

* more content, tweaks

* dewis edits

* added Dewi ideas, more content, tweaks

* more content, green tips, other fixes

* Optimised images with calibre/image-actions

* Optimised images with calibre/image-actions

* Optimised images with calibre/image-actions

* conflicts?

* dominic's eedits, more content

* another fine Dominic edit

* more dewi and dominic edits, links

* a bunch of things

Signed-off-by: Jens Langhammer <jens@goauthentik.io>

* tweaks

* thanks Teffen

* new styles, more content

* few more dominic edits, tweaks

* formatting fights on tips

* fix some alignments

Signed-off-by: Jens Langhammer <jens@goauthentik.io>

* changes from Jens

* work on bindings docs that was needed for the first steps docs

* links, more tweaks

* more edits, more TODOs done

* add mermaid diagram, more links, more content

* fix sidebar, tweaks

* tweak

* more link fixing

* fix heading size

* more dewi and dominic edits

* more dewi and dominic edits

* teffen enhancements yay and more bindings rearchitecting

* added note about stage bindings being the only type of binding that you can bind to yeehaw

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Signed-off-by: Tana M Berry <tanamarieberry@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Langhammer <jens@goauthentik.io>
Co-authored-by: authentik-automation[bot] <135050075+authentik-automation[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Dewi Roberts <dewi@goauthentik.io>
Co-authored-by: Jens Langhammer <jens@goauthentik.io>
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What is authentik?

authentik is an open-source Identity Provider (IdP) for modern SSO. It supports SAML, OAuth2/OIDC, LDAP, RADIUS, and more, designed for self-hosting from small labs to large production clusters.

Our enterprise offering is available for organizations to securely replace existing IdPs such as Okta, Auth0, Entra ID, and Ping Identity for robust, large-scale identity management.

Installation

  • Docker Compose: recommended for small/test setups. See the documentation.
  • Kubernetes (Helm Chart): recommended for larger setups. See the documentation and the Helm chart repository.
  • AWS CloudFormation: deploy on AWS using our official templates. See the documentation.
  • DigitalOcean Marketplace: one-click deployment via the official Marketplace app. See the app listing.

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Development and contributions

See the Developer Documentation for information about setting up local build environments, testing your contributions, and our contribution process.

Security

Please see SECURITY.md.

Adoption

Using authentik? We'd love to hear your story and feature your logo. Email us at hello@goauthentik.io or open a GitHub Issue/PR!

License

MIT License CC BY-SA 4.0 authentik EE License

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