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Integrate with Forgejo

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What is Forgejo​

Forgejo is a lightweight, self‑hosted alternative to GitHub/GitLab, with a strong emphasis on community governance and open development.

-- https://forgejo.org/

Preparation​

The following placeholders are used in this guide:

  • authentik.company is the FQDN of the authentik installation.
  • forgejo.company is the FQDN of the Forgejo 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​

To support the integration of Forgejo 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 Create with Provider to create an application and provider pair. (Alternatively you can first create a provider separately, then create the application and connect it with the provider.)

    • Application: provide a descriptive name, an optional group for the type of application, the policy engine mode, and optional UI settings.
    • 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, Client Secret, and slug values because they will be required later.
      • Set a Strict redirect URI to https://<forgejo.company>/user/oauth2/authentik/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 My applications page.

  3. Click Submit to save the new application and provider.

Forgejo configuration​

  1. Log in to Forgejo as an administrator, then click on your profile icon at the top right and select Site Administration.

  2. Select the Authentication Sources tab and then click on Add Authentication Source.

  3. Set the following required configurations:

    • Authentication Name: authentik (This must match the name used in the Redirect URI in the previous section)
    • OAuth2 Provider: OpenID Connect
    • Client ID (Key): Enter the Client ID from authentik.
    • Client Secret: Enter the Client Secret from authentik.
    • Icon URL: https://authentik.company/static/dist/assets/icons/icon.png
    • OpenID Connect Auto Discovery URL: https://authentik.company/application/o/<application_slug>/.well-known/openid-configuration
    • Additional Scopes: email profile

  4. Click Add Authentication Source.

Configure permissions (optional)​

Optionally, groups and property mappings can be created to manage user permissions in Forgejo.

Create groups​

The following groups will be created:

  • gituser: normal Forgejo users.
  • gitadmin: Forgejo users with administrative permissions.
  • gitrestricted: restricted Forgejo users.
Group membership is required

Users who are not part of any defined group will be denied login access. In contrast, members of the gitadmin group will have full administrative privileges, while those in the gitrestricted group will have limited access.

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.
  2. Navigate to Directory > Groups and click Create.
  3. Set the group name to gituser and click Create.
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to create two additional groups named gitadmin and gitrestricted.
  5. Click the name of a newly created group and navigate to the Users tab.
  6. Click Add existing user, select the user/s that need Forgejo access and click Add.
  7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the two additional groups.

Create custom property mapping​

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.

  2. Navigate to Customization > Property Mappings and click Create. Create a Scope Mapping with the following configurations:

    • Name: Choose a descriptive name (.e.g authentik forgejo OAuth Mapping: OpenID 'forgejo')
    • Scope name: forgejo
    • Expression:
    forgejo_claims = {}

    if request.user.groups.filter(name="gituser").exists():
        forgejo_claims["forgejo"]= "user"
    if request.user.groups.filter(name="gitadmin").exists():
        forgejo_claims["forgejo"]= "admin"
    if request.user.groups.filter(name="gitrestricted").exists():
        forgejo_claims["forgejo"]= "restricted"

    return forgejo_claims

  3. Click Finish.

Add the custom property mapping to the Forgejo provider​

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.

  2. Navigate to Applications > Providers and click on the Edit icon of the Forgejo provider.

  3. Under Advanced protocol settings > Scopes add the following scopes to Selected Scopes:

    • authentik default OAuth Mapping: OpenID 'email'
    • authentik default OAuth Mapping: OpenID 'profile'
    • authentik default OAuth Mapping: OpenID 'openid'
    • authentik forgejo OAuth Mapping: OpenID 'forgejo'

  4. Click Update.

Configure Forgejo to use the new claims​

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For this to function, the Forgejo ENABLE_AUTO_REGISTRATION: true variable must be set. More information on configurations variables in the Forgejo Configuration Cheat Sheet.

  1. Log in to Forgejo as an admin. Click on your profile icon at the top right > Site Administration.
  2. Select the Authentication Sources tab and edit the authentik Authentication Source.
  3. Set the following configurations:
    • Additional Scopes: email profile forgejo
    • Required Claim Name: forgejo
    • Claim name providing group names for this source. (Optional): forgejo
    • Group Claim value for administrator users. (Optional - requires claim name to be set): admin
    • Group Claim value for restricted users. (Optional - requires claim name to be set): restricted
  4. Click Update Authentication Source.

Configuration verification​

To verify that authentik is correctly set up with Forgejo, log out and then log back in using the Sign in with authentik button. You should be redirected to authentik, and once authenticated, you should then be signed in to Forgejo.

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