authentik

Ditching Azure AD: Self-Hosted Identity with Authentik

How I replaced Microsoft Entra ID with Authentik for self-hosted SSO across Grafana, GitLab, and Portainer. Full control, better latency, zero cloud dependencies.

Deploying Authentik SSO with Azure SMTP and HAProxy: A Complete Guide

Setting up a robust Single Sign-On (SSO) solution is essential for modern infrastructure management. In this guide, I'll walk you through deploying Authentik with high availability using Docker Swarm, configuring email notifications, and integrating everything with HAProxy as a reverse proxy.