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@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+---
+title: Debugging authentik
+---
+
+This page describes how to debug different components of an authentik instance, running either in production or in a development setup. To learn more about the structure of authentik, refer to our [architecture documentation](../../core/architecture).
+
+## authentik Server & Worker (Python)
+
+The majority of the authentik codebase is in Python, running in Gunicorn for the server and Celery for the worker. These instructions show how this code can be debugged/inspected. The local debugging setup requires a setup as described in [Full development environment](./full-dev-environment.mdx)
+
+Note that authentik uses [debugpy](https://github.com/microsoft/debugpy), which relies on the "Debug Adapter Protocol" (DAP). These instructions demonstrate debugging using [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/), however they should be adaptable to other editors that support DAP.
+
+To enable the debugging server, set the environment variable `AUTHENTIK_DEBUGGER` to `true`. This will launch the debugging server (by default on port _9901_).
+
+With this setup in place, you can set Breakpoints in VS Code. To connect to the debugging server, run the command `> Debug: Start Debugging" in VS Code.
+
+
+
+:::info
+Note that due to the Python debugger for VS Code, when a Python file in authentik is saved and the Django process restarts, you must manually reconnect the Debug session. Automatic re-connection is not supported for the Python debugger (see [here](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/19998) and [here](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/1182)).
+:::
+
+#### Debugging in containers
+
+When debugging an authentik instance running in containers, there are some additional steps that need to be taken in addition to the steps above.
+
+A local clone of the authentik repository is required to be able to set breakpoints in the code. The locally checked out repository must be on the same version/commit as the authentik version running in the containers. To checkout version 2024.12.3 for example, you can run `git checkout version/2024.12.3`.
+
+The debug port needs to be accessible on the local machine. By default, this is port 9901. Additionally, the container being debugged must be started as `root`, because additional dependencies need to be installed on startup.
+
+When running in Docker Compose, a file `docker-compose.override.yml` can be created next to the authentik docker-compose.yml file to expose the port, change the user, and enable debug mode.
+
+```yaml
+services:
+ # Replace `server` with `worker` to debug the worker container.
+ server:
+ user: root
+ healthcheck:
+ disable: true
+ environment:
+ AUTHENTIK_DEBUGGER: "true"
+ AUTHENTIK_LOG_LEVEL: "debug"
+ ports:
+ - 9901:9901
+```
+
+After re-creating the containers with `AUTHENTIK_DEBUGGER` set to `true` and the port mapped, the steps are identical to the steps above.
+
+If the authentik instance is running on a remote server, the `.vscode/launch.json` file needs to be adjusted to point to the IP of the remote server. Alternatively, it is also possible to forward the debug port via an SSH tunnel, using `-L 9901:127.0.0.1:9901`.
+
+## authentik Server / Outposts (Golang)
+
+Outposts, as well as some auxiliary code of the authentik server, are written in Go. These components can be debugged using standard Golang tooling, such as [Delve](https://github.com/go-delve/delve).
diff --git a/website/docs/developer-docs/setup/full-dev-environment.md b/website/docs/developer-docs/setup/full-dev-environment.mdx
similarity index 95%
rename from website/docs/developer-docs/setup/full-dev-environment.md
rename to website/docs/developer-docs/setup/full-dev-environment.mdx
index d14050a7ea59..f18319b58a0c 100644
--- a/website/docs/developer-docs/setup/full-dev-environment.md
+++ b/website/docs/developer-docs/setup/full-dev-environment.mdx
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
title: Full development environment
---
-import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
-import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
-import ExecutionEnvironment from '@docusaurus/ExecutionEnvironment';
+import Tabs from "@theme/Tabs";
+import TabItem from "@theme/TabItem";
+import ExecutionEnvironment from "@docusaurus/ExecutionEnvironment";
## Requirements
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ instructions](https://golangci-lint.run/welcome/install/#other-ci).
-[We request community input on running the full dev environment on Windows]
+
+ [We request community input on running the full dev environment on Windows]
+
diff --git a/website/docs/install-config/configuration/configuration.mdx b/website/docs/install-config/configuration/configuration.mdx
index 323867ea8dba..619fc4cbdc94 100644
--- a/website/docs/install-config/configuration/configuration.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/install-config/configuration/configuration.mdx
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ Additionally, you can set `AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__CONN_HEALTH_CHECK` to perform h
- `AUTHENTIK_LISTEN__LDAPS`: Listening address:port (e.g. `0.0.0.0:6636`) for LDAPS (Applies to LDAP outpost)
- `AUTHENTIK_LISTEN__METRICS`: Listening address:port (e.g. `0.0.0.0:9300`) for Prometheus metrics (Applies to All)
- `AUTHENTIK_LISTEN__DEBUG`: Listening address:port (e.g. `0.0.0.0:9900`) for Go Debugging metrics (Applies to All)
+- `AUTHENTIK_LISTEN__DEBUG_PY`: Listening address:port (e.g. `0.0.0.0:9901`) for Python debugging server (Applies to Server, see [Debugging](../../developer-docs/setup/debugging.md))
- `AUTHENTIK_LISTEN__TRUSTED_PROXY_CIDRS`: List of comma-separated CIDRs that proxy headers should be accepted from (Applies to Server)
Defaults to `127.0.0.0/8`, `10.0.0.0/8`, `172.16.0.0/12`, `192.168.0.0/16`, `fe80::/10`, `::1/128`.
diff --git a/website/sidebars.js b/website/sidebars.js
index 91dad4cf7170..cfa3ad2ab633 100644
--- a/website/sidebars.js
+++ b/website/sidebars.js
@@ -607,11 +607,12 @@ export default {
items: [
{
type: "category",
- label: "Setup",
+ label: "Development environment",
items: [
"developer-docs/setup/full-dev-environment",
"developer-docs/setup/frontend-dev-environment",
"developer-docs/setup/website-dev-environment",
+ "developer-docs/setup/debugging",
],
},
{