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title: "Prologue"
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description: "An introduction into configuring Authelia."
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lead: "An introduction into configuring Authelia."
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date: 2022-06-15T17:51:47+10:00
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parent: "prologue"
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---
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## Documentation
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We document the configuration in two ways:
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1. The [YAML] configuration template
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[config.template.yml](https://github.com/authelia/authelia/blob/master/config.template.yml) has comments with very
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limited documentation on the effective use of a particular option. All documentation lines start with `##`. Lines
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starting with a single `#` are [YAML] configuration options which are commented to disable them or as examples.
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2. This documentation site. Generally each section of the configuration is in its own section of the documentation
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site. Each configuration option is listed in its relevant section as a heading, under that heading generally are two
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or three colored labels.
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* The `type` label is purple and indicates the [YAML] value type of the variable. It optionally includes some
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additional information in parentheses.
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* The `default` label is blue and indicates the default value if you don't define the option at all. This is not the
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same value as you will see in the examples in all instances, it is the value set when blank or undefined.
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* The `required` label changes color. When required it will be red, when not required it will be green, when the
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required state depends on another configuration value it is yellow.
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## Validation
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Authelia validates the configuration when it starts. This process checks multiple factors including configuration keys
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that don't exist, configuration keys that have changed, the values of the keys are valid, and that a configuration
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key isn't supplied at the same time as a secret for the same configuration option.
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You may also optionally validate your configuration against this validation process manually by using the
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`authelia validate-config` command. This command is useful prior to upgrading to prevent configuration changes from
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impacting downtime in an upgrade. This process does not validate integrations, it only checks that your configuration
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syntax is valid.
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```bash
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authelia validate-config --config configuration.yml
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```
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[YAML]: https://yaml.org/
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