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Integrate with Maintainerr

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What is Maintainerr?​

Maintainerr is a free, self-hosted tool that finds and removes unwatched or unwanted movies and shows from Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby using powerful, customizable rules.

-- https://maintainerr.info/

Preparation​

The following placeholders are used in this guide:

  • maintainerr.company is the FQDN of the Maintainerr 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​

To support the integration of Maintainerr with authentik, you need to create an application/provider pair in authentik and assign it to a proxy outpost.

Create an application and provider​

  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.
    • Choose a Provider type: select Proxy Provider 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.
      • Set External host to https://maintainerr.company.
      • Set Internal host to http://<maintainerr_container_name>:6246, where <maintainerr_container_name>:6246 is the hostname and port of your Maintainerr instance as reached by the authentik proxy outpost.
    • 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.

Configure proxy outpost​

The proxy provider requires an authentik proxy outpost. If you do not already have a proxy outpost, follow the outpost documentation to create and deploy one.

Add the Maintainerr application to a proxy outpost that will serve it:

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.
  2. Navigate to Applications > Outposts.
  3. Click the edit icon for the proxy outpost. This can be the built-in authentik Embedded Outpost or another proxy outpost.
  4. Under Available Applications, select the Maintainerr application and move it to Selected Applications.
  5. Click Update to save your changes.

Maintainerr configuration​

Maintainerr has no authentication settings, so no SSO configuration is required in Maintainerr. The authentik proxy outpost authenticates the user before forwarding allowed requests to Maintainerr.

Configuration verification​

To confirm that authentik is properly configured with Maintainerr, open Maintainerr. You should be redirected to authentik before the Maintainerr web interface is shown.

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