Updating Authentik

This is extended guide to updating Authentik software. Read trough official Authentik documentation before running updates.

Authentik Documentation

1. Take a snapshot of Overseer vm
2. Navigate to Authentik Directory

cd /docker/authentik

3. Backup Database

docker exec -t authentik_postgresql_1 pg_dumpall -c -U postgres > authentik_backup.sql

4. Download the latest docker-compose.yml file

wget -O docker-compose.yml https://goauthentik.io/docker-compose.yml

5. Ensure .env is all set and has following variables in it

touch .env

PG_PASS=your_database_password
PG_USER=authentik
PG_DB=authentik
AUTHENTIK_SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
AUTHENTIK_TAG=latest

6. Pull the Latest image and apply the updates

docker compose pull
docker compose up -d

7. Check the status

docker compose ps

8. Login to Authentik and make sure everything is up to date, and everything is working properly

Optional:

If there is an error due to space when downloading or installing the image run a clean up command: 

docker image prune -a