authelia/docs/configuration/storage/mariadb.md

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MariaDB

The MySQL storage provider also serves as a MariaDB provider.

Configuration

storage:
  mysql:
    host: 127.0.0.1
    port: 3306
    database: authelia
    username: authelia
    password: mypassword

Options

host

type: string {: .label .label-config .label-purple } default: localhost {: .label .label-config .label-blue } required: no {: .label .label-config .label-green }

The database server host.

If utilising an IPv6 literal address it must be enclosed by square brackets and quoted:

host: "[fd00:1111:2222:3333::1]"

port

type: integer {: .label .label-config .label-purple } default: 3306 {: .label .label-config .label-blue } required: no {: .label .label-config .label-green }

The port the database server is listening on.

database

type: string {: .label .label-config .label-purple } required: yes {: .label .label-config .label-red }

The database name on the database server that the assigned user has access to for the purpose of Authelia.

username

type: string {: .label .label-config .label-purple } required: yes {: .label .label-config .label-red }

The username paired with the password used to connect to the database.

password

type: string {: .label .label-config .label-purple } required: yes {: .label .label-config .label-red }

The password paired with the username used to connect to the database. Can also be defined using a secret which is also the recommended way when running as a container.