The value used in this guide is merely for readability and demonstration purposes and you should not use this
value. We recommend 64 random characters but you can use any arbitrary value that meets the other criteria.
The value used in this guide is merely for demonstration purposes and you should absolutely not use this in
production and should instead utilize the
How Do I Generate Client Secrets FAQ.
This string may be stored as plaintext in the Authelia configuration but this behaviour is deprecated and is not
guaranteed to be supported in the future. See the
Plaintext guide for more
information.
When the secret is stored in hashed form in the authelia configuration (heavily recommended), the cost of hashing can, if too great,
cause timeouts for clients. See the
Tuning the work factors guide for more information.
Important Note:Synology DSM does not support automatically creating users via
OpenID Connect 1.0. It is therefore
recommended that you ensure Authelia and
Synology DSM share a LDAP server.