I Finally Locked Down My Unraid Server (Authelia Setup Guide)
If you're exposing your apps to the internet without protection… you're taking a risk.
In this video, I’ll show you how to set up Authelia on Unraid and add login + two-factor authentication in front of your apps using NGINX Proxy Manager.
This gives you a centralized authentication system so you only log in once — and everything behind it is protected.
We’ll walk through installing Authelia, creating the configuration files, setting up DNS and SSL, enabling 2FA, and then protecting a real app so you can see exactly how it works.
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💡 What you’ll learn:
How Authelia works as a reverse proxy authentication layer
How to generate secrets and password hashes
How to configure Authelia on Unraid
How to add 2FA to your apps
How to protect apps like Lidarr with NGINX Proxy Manager
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:25 What is Authelia
0:48 Installing Authelia
1:34 Configure Authelia
1:58 Upload Config Files
3:10 Create Random Strings
4:10 Generate Password Hash
5:16 Warning
5:32 Editing the Configuration.yml File
10:44 Editing the users_database.yml file
12:18 Starting Authelia and Checking Logs
13:04 Create Tunnels
15:31 Creating NGINX Proxy Hosts
16:46 Authelia Login and account Creation
19:11 Protecting Your First App
20:36 Testing Authelia on your app
21:27 Adding 2FA to your app
23:52 Cleanup of Temp Docker Container
24:34 Outro