Gitea

Tested Versions #

• Authelia
  • v4.36.3
• Gitea
  • 1.17.0

Before You Begin #

Common Notes #

1. You are required to utilize a unique client id for every client.
2. The client id on this page is merely an example and you can theoretically use any alphanumeric string.
3. You should not use the client secret in this example, We strongly recommend reading the Generating Client Secrets guide instead.

Assumptions #

This example makes the following assumptions:

• Application Root URL: https://gitea.example.com
• Authelia Root URL: https://auth.example.com
• Client ID: gitea
• Client Secret: gitea_client_secret

Configuration #

Application #

To configure Gitea to utilize Authelia as an OpenID Connect 1.0 Provider:

1. Expand User Options
2. Visit Site Administration
3. Visit Authentication Sources
4. Visit Add Authentication Source
5. Configure:
   1. Authentication Name: authelia
   2. OAuth2 Provider: OpenID Connect
   3. Client ID (Key): gitea
   4. Client Secret: gitea_client_secret
   5. OpenID Connect Auto Discovery URL: https://auth.example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration

To configure Gitea to perform automatic user creation for the auth.example.com domain via OpenID Connect 1.0:

1. Edit the following values in the Gitea app.ini:

[openid]
ENABLE_OPENID_SIGNIN = false
ENABLE_OPENID_SIGNUP = true
WHITELISTED_URIS     = auth.example.com

[service]
DISABLE_REGISTRATION                          = false
ALLOW_ONLY_EXTERNAL_REGISTRATION              = true
SHOW_REGISTRATION_BUTTON                      = false

Take a look at the See Also section for the cheatsheets corresponding to the sections above for their descriptions.

Authelia #

The following YAML configuration is an example Authelia client configuration for use with Gitea which will operate with the above example:

- id: gitea
  description: Gitea
  secret: '$plaintext$gitea_client_secret'
  public: false
  authorization_policy: two_factor
  redirect_uris:
    - https://gitea.example.com/user/oauth2/authelia/callback
  scopes:
    - openid
    - email
    - profile
  userinfo_signing_algorithm: none

See Also #

• Gitea app.ini Config Cheat Sheet - OpenID

• Gitea app.ini Config Cheat Sheet - Service