How to Install Authelia on EndeavourOS Latest

Introduction

Authelia is an open-source authentication and authorization server that provides multifactor authentication, Single Sign-On (SSO), and access control. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Authelia on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

  • EndeavourOS latest installed with sudo privileges
  • Basic knowledge of the Linux terminal

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing Authelia, you need to install some dependencies. Open your terminal and run the following command to install them:

sudo pacman -S git go npm

Step 2: Clone Authelia Repository

Once the dependencies are installed, you need to clone the Authelia repository from Github. To do that, run the following command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/authelia/authelia.git

Step 3: Build Authelia

After cloning the repository, navigate to the authelia folder, and run the following commands to build Authelia:

cd authelia
go generate ./cmd/authelia
go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=$(git describe --tags)"

Step 4: Install Authelia

To install Authelia, you need to copy the binary file to a folder in your PATH. In this case, we will use the /usr/local/bin folder. To do that, run the following command:

sudo cp ./authelia /usr/local/bin

Step 5: Configure Authelia

After installing Authelia, you need to configure it to fit your needs. Authelia uses a YAML file for configuration. You can find an example file in the Authelia repository under authelia/config/configuration.yml.sample. Copy that file to the /etc/authelia directory using the following command:

sudo cp ./config/configuration.yml.sample /etc/authelia/configuration.yml

Then, edit the /etc/authelia/configuration.yml file and customize it to suit your needs.

Step 6: Running Authelia

To run Authelia, execute the following command:

authelia start

It will start the Authelia server, and you can access the web interface from a web browser by typing http://localhost:9091.

Conclusion

Authelia is now installed and running on your EndeavourOS Latest system. You can now use it to provide multifactor authentication, Single Sign-On (SSO), and access control to your web applications.