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title: "Envoy"
description: "An integration guide for Authelia and the Envoy reverse proxy"
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[Envoy] is supported by __Authelia__.

*__Important:__ When using these guides, it's important to recognize that we cannot provide a guide for every possible
method of deploying a proxy. These guides show a suggested setup only, and you need to understand the proxy
configuration and customize it to your needs. To-that-end, we include links to the official proxy documentation
throughout this documentation and in the [See Also](#see-also) section.*

## Get started

It's __*strongly recommended*__ that users setting up *Authelia* for the first time take a look at our
[Get started](../prologue/get-started.md) guide. This takes you through various steps which are essential to
bootstrapping *Authelia*.

## Trusted Proxies

*__Important:__ You should read the [Forwarded Headers] section and this section as part of any proxy configuration.
Especially if you have never read it before.*

*__Important:__ The included example is __NOT__ meant for production use. It's used expressly as an example to showcase
how you can configure multiple IP ranges. You should customize this example to fit your specific architecture and needs.
You should only include the specific IP address ranges of the trusted proxies within your architecture and should not
trust entire subnets unless that subnet only has trusted proxies and no other services.*

## Assumptions and Adaptation

This guide makes a few assumptions. These assumptions may require adaptation in more advanced and complex scenarios. We
can not reasonably have examples for every advanced configuration option that exists. Some of these values can
automatically be replaced with documentation variables.

{{< sitevar-preferences >}}

The following are the assumptions we make:

* Deployment Scenario:
  * Single Host
  * Authelia is deployed as a Container with the container name `{{< sitevar name="host" nojs="authelia" >}}` on port `{{< sitevar name="port" nojs="9091" >}}`
  * Proxy is deployed as a Container on a network shared with Authelia
* The above assumption means that Authelia should be accessible to the proxy on `{{< sitevar name="tls" nojs="http" >}}://{{< sitevar name="host" nojs="authelia" >}}:{{< sitevar name="port" nojs="9091" >}}` and as such:
  * You will have to adapt all instances of the above URL to be `https://` if Authelia configuration has a TLS key and
    certificate defined
  * You will have to adapt all instances of `{{< sitevar name="host" nojs="authelia" >}}` in the URL if:
    * you're using a different container name
    * you deployed the proxy to a different location
  * You will have to adapt all instances of `{{< sitevar name="port" nojs="9091" >}}` in the URL if:
    * you have adjusted the default port in the configuration
  * You will have to adapt the entire URL if:
    * Authelia is on a different host to the proxy
* All services are part of the `{{< sitevar name="domain" nojs="example.com" >}}` domain:
  * This domain and the subdomains will have to be adapted in all examples to match your specific domains unless you're
    just testing or you want to use that specific domain

## Implementation

[Envoy] utilizes the [ExtAuthz](../../reference/guides/proxy-authorization.md#extauthz) Authz implementation. The
associated [Metadata](../../reference/guides/proxy-authorization.md#extauthz-metadata) should be considered required.

The examples below assume you are using the default
[Authz Endpoints Configuration](../../configuration/miscellaneous/server-endpoints-authz.md) or one similar to the
following minimal configuration:

```yaml {title="configuration.yml"}
server:
  endpoints:
    authz:
      ext-authz:
        implementation: 'ExtAuthz'
```

The examples below also assume you are using the modern
[Session Configuration](../../configuration/session/introduction.md) which includes the `domain`, `authelia_url`, and
`default_redirection_url` as a subkey of the `session.cookies` key as a list item. Below is an example of the modern
configuration as well as the legacy configuration for context.

{{< sessionTabs "Generate Random Password" >}}
{{< sessionTab "Modern" >}}
```yaml {title="configuration.yml"}
session:
  cookies:
    - domain: '{{</* sitevar name="domain" nojs="example.com" */>}}'
      authelia_url: 'https://{{</* sitevar name="subdomain-authelia" nojs="auth" */>}}.{{</* sitevar name="domain" nojs="example.com" */>}}'
      default_redirection_url: 'https://www.{{</* sitevar name="domain" nojs="example.com" */>}}'
```
{{< /sessionTab >}}
{{< sessionTab "Legacy" >}}
```yaml {title="configuration.yml"}
default_redirection_url: 'https://www.{{</* sitevar name="domain" nojs="example.com" */>}}'
session:
  domain: '{{</* sitevar name="domain" nojs="example.com" */>}}'
```
{{< /sessionTab >}}
{{< /sessionTabs >}}

## Configuration

Below you will find commented examples of the following configuration:

* Authelia Portal
* Protected Endpoint (Nextcloud)

### Example

Support for [Envoy] is possible with Authelia v4.37.0 and higher via the [Envoy] proxy [external authorization] filter.

[external authorization]: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-v3/extensions/filters/http/ext_authz/v3/ext_authz.proto.html#extensions-filters-http-ext-authz-v3-extauthz

```yaml {title="docker-compose.yml"}
---
networks:
  net:
    driver: 'bridge'
services:
  envoy:
    container_name: 'envoy'
    image: 'envoyproxy/envoy:v1.24'
    restart: 'unless-stopped'
    networks:
      net: {}
    ports:
      - '80:8080'
      - '443:8443'
    volumes:
      - '${PWD}/data/envoy/envoy.yaml:/etc/envoy/envoy.yaml'
      - '${PWD}/data/certificates:/certificates'
  authelia:
    container_name: '{{< sitevar name="host" nojs="authelia" >}}'
    image: 'authelia/authelia'
    restart: 'unless-stopped'
    networks:
      net: {}
    expose:
      - {{< sitevar name="port" nojs="9091" >}}
    volumes:
      - '${PWD}/data/authelia/config:/config'
    environment:
      TZ: 'Australia/Melbourne'
  nextcloud:
    container_name: 'nextcloud'
    image: 'linuxserver/nextcloud'
    restart: 'unless-stopped'
    networks:
      net: {}
    expose:
      - 443
    volumes:
      - '${PWD}/data/nextcloud/config:/config'
      - '${PWD}/data/nextcloud/data:/data'
    environment:
      PUID: '1000'
      PGID: '1000'
      TZ: 'Australia/Melbourne'
```

```yaml {title="envoy.yml"}
static_resources:
  listeners:
    - name: 'listener_http'
      address:
        socket_address:
          address: '0.0.0.0'
          port_value: 8080
      filter_chains:
        - filters:
            - name: 'envoy.filters.network.http_connection_manager'
              typed_config:
                "@type": 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.network.http_connection_manager.v3.HttpConnectionManager'
                codec_type: 'auto'
                stat_prefix: 'ingress_http'
                route_config:
                  name: 'local_route'
                  virtual_hosts:
                    - name: 'backend'
                      domains: ['*']
                      routes:
                        - match:
                            prefix: '/'
                          redirect:
                            https_redirect: true
                  http_filters:
                    - name: 'envoy.filters.http.router'
                      typed_config:
                        "@type": 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.router.v3.Router'
    - name: 'listener_https'
      address:
        socket_address:
          address: '0.0.0.0'
          port_value: 8443
      filter_chains:
        - filters:
            - name: 'envoy.filters.network.http_connection_manager'
              typed_config:
                "@type": 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.network.http_connection_manager.v3.HttpConnectionManager'
                stat_prefix: 'ingress_http'
                use_remote_address: true
                skip_xff_append: false
                route_config:
                  name: 'local_route'
                  virtual_hosts:
                    - name: 'whoami_service'
                      domains: ["nextcloud.{{< sitevar name="domain" nojs="example.com" >}}"]
                      routes:
                        - match:
                            prefix: "/"
                          route:
                            cluster: 'nextcloud'
                    - name: 'authelia_service'
                      domains: ['{{< sitevar name="subdomain-authelia" nojs="auth" >}}.{{< sitevar name="domain" nojs="example.com" >}}']
                      typed_per_filter_config:
                        envoy.filters.http.ext_authz:
                          "@type": 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.ext_authz.v3.ExtAuthzPerRoute'
                          disabled: true
                      routes:
                        - match:
                            prefix: '/'
                          route:
                            cluster: 'authelia'
                http_filters:
                  - name: 'envoy.filters.http.ext_authz'
                    typed_config:
                      "@type": 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.ext_authz.v3.ExtAuthz'
                      transport_api_version: 'v3'
                      allowed_headers:
                        patterns:
                          - exact: 'authorization'
                          - exact: 'proxy-authorization'
                          - exact: 'accept'
                          - exact: 'cookie'
                      http_service:
                        path_prefix: '/api/authz/ext-authz/'
                        server_uri:
                          uri: '{{< sitevar name="host" nojs="authelia" >}}:{{< sitevar name="port" nojs="9091" >}}'
                          cluster: 'authelia'
                          timeout: '0.25s'
                        authorization_request:
                          allowed_headers:
                            patterns:
                              - exact: 'authorization'
                              - exact: 'proxy-authorization'
                              - exact: 'accept'
                              - exact: 'cookie'
                          headers_to_add:
                            - key: 'X-Forwarded-Proto'
                              value: '%REQ(:SCHEME)%'
                            ## The following commented lines are for configuring the Authelia URL in the proxy. We
                            ## strongly suggest this is configured in the Session Cookies section of the Authelia configuration.
                            # - key: X-Authelia-URL
                            #   value: https://{{< sitevar name="subdomain-authelia" nojs="auth" >}}.{{< sitevar name="domain" nojs="example.com" >}}
                        authorization_response:
                          allowed_upstream_headers:
                            patterns:
                              - prefix: 'remote-'
                              - prefix: 'authelia-'
                          allowed_client_headers:
                            patterns:
                              - exact: 'set-cookie'
                          allowed_client_headers_on_success:
                            patterns:
                              - exact: 'set-cookie'
                      failure_mode_allow: false
                  - name: 'envoy.filters.http.router'
                    typed_config:
                      "@type": 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.router.v3.Router'
  clusters:
    - name: 'nextcloud'
      connect_timeout: '0.25s'
      type: 'logical_dns'
      dns_lookup_family: 'v4_only'
      lb_policy: 'round_robin'
      load_assignment:
        cluster_name: 'nextcloud'
        endpoints:
          - lb_endpoints:
              - endpoint:
                  address:
                    socket_address:
                      address: 'nextcloud'
                      port_value: 80
    - name: 'authelia'
      connect_timeout: '0.25s'
      type: 'logical_dns'
      dns_lookup_family: 'v4_only'
      lb_policy: 'round_robin'
      load_assignment:
        cluster_name: 'authelia'
        endpoints:
          - lb_endpoints:
              - endpoint:
                  address:
                    socket_address:
                      address: 'authelia'
                      port_value: 9091
layered_runtime:
  layers:
    - name: 'static_layer_0'
      static_layer:
        envoy:
          resource_limits:
            listener:
              example_listener_name:
                connection_limit: 10000
        overload:
          global_downstream_max_connections: 50000
```

## See Also

* [Envoy External Authorization Documentation](https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-v3/extensions/filters/http/ext_authz/v3/ext_authz.proto.html#extensions-filters-http-ext-authz-v3-extauthz)
* [Forwarded Headers]

[Envoy]: https://www.envoyproxy.io/
[Forwarded Headers]: forwarded-headers