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Integrate with Memos

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What is Memos?​

Memos is an open-source, self-hosted note-taking application for quick notes, daily logs, links, and snippets.

-- https://usememos.com/

Preparation​

The following placeholders are used in this guide:

  • memos.company is the FQDN of the self-hosted Memos installation.
  • authentik.company is the FQDN of the authentik installation.
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This documentation lists only the settings that you need to change from their default values. Be aware that any changes other than those explicitly mentioned in this guide could cause issues accessing your application.

authentik configuration​

Redirect URI changes in authentik 2026.5

In authentik versions earlier than 2026.5, all Redirect URIs are automatically treated as Authorization type. If you are using one of these older authentik versions, add only the Authorization URL to your Redirect URIs and do not configure a Post Logout URI.

To support the integration of Memos with authentik, you need to create an application/provider pair in authentik.

Create an application and provider in authentik​

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.
  2. Navigate to Applications > Applications and click New Application to open the application wizard.
    • Application: provide a descriptive name, an optional group for the type of application, the policy engine mode, and optional UI settings. Set the Launch URL to https://memos.company.
    • Choose a Provider type: select OAuth2/OpenID Connect as the provider type.
    • Configure the Provider: provide a name (or accept the auto-provided name), the authorization flow to use for this provider, and the following required configurations.
      • Note the Client ID and Client Secret values because they will be required later.
      • Add a Redirect URI of type Strict Authorization as https://memos.company/auth/callback.
      • Select any available signing key.
    • Configure Bindings (optional): you can create a binding (policy, group, or user) to manage the listing and access to applications on a user's Application Dashboard page.
  3. Click Submit to save the new application and provider.

Memos configuration​

  1. Log in to Memos as an administrator and open Settings.
  2. Under Admin, select SSO, and then click Create.
  3. Configure the basic settings:
    • Type: OAUTH2
    • Template: Custom
    • Provider ID: authentik
    • Name: authentik
  4. Confirm that the displayed Redirect URL is https://memos.company/auth/callback.
  5. Configure the OAuth settings:
    • Client ID: enter the client ID from authentik.
    • Client secret: enter the client secret from authentik.
    • Authorization endpoint: https://authentik.company/application/o/authorize/
    • Token endpoint: https://authentik.company/application/o/token/
    • User endpoint: https://authentik.company/application/o/userinfo/
    • Scopes: openid profile email
  6. Configure the field mapping:
    • Identifier: sub
    • Display Name: name
    • Email: email
  7. Click Create.

Memos can create a user during their first SSO login only when user registration is allowed. If user registration is disabled, an existing Memos user must link their authentik identity under Settings > My Account before signing in with SSO.

Configuration verification​

To confirm that authentik is properly configured with Memos, log out, open Memos, and click Continue with authentik. You should be redirected to authentik and then returned to Memos after a successful login.

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