Working with blueprints

For an overview of what blueprints are, how they're executed, and where they are stored, see the Blueprints overview documentation.

To export configurations (including custom flows) to create a blueprint, read our Export documentation.

The docs below cover applying, creating, editing, and managing blueprints.

Apply a blueprint

To apply a blueprint is to have authentik read and execute the contents of a blueprint file. authentik provides many out-of-the-box blueprints, which can be applied either as a blueprint instance or as an imported flow.

Add and apply a new blueprint instance

1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the Admin interface.
2. Navigate to Customization > Blueprints.
3. Click Create and define the new blueprint instance.
   • Name: provide a descriptive name.
   • Enabled: toggle on or off. Disabled blueprints cannot be applied.
   • Blueprint: select the source for this instance. You can choose a file from a Local path, an OCI registry, or Internal (paste file contents directly, stored in database).
   • Additional Settings:
     • Context: add any key:value context variable used in the blueprint instance.
4. Click Create to save the new blueprint instance. This file is read and applied regularly by authentik.

Apply a new flow

You can apply a new flow from either the Flows page or the Blueprints page.

Flows page

1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the Admin interface.
2. Navigate to Flows and Stages > Flows, then click Import.
3. Under Flow, select the YAML file to import. Typically this is a file you exported and saved to your local file system.

Blueprints page

1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the Admin interface.
2. Navigate to Customization > Blueprints.
3. Select the blueprint, and, under Actions, click the Apply icon.

:::info Download example flows You can download our example flows and import them into your authentik instance. :::

Edit a blueprint instance or flow

• To edit a blueprint instance, navigate to Customization > Blueprints in the Admin interface and click the Edit icon of the instance. Alternatively, edit the YAML file directly.

• To edit a flow, navigate to Flows and Stages > Flows in the Admin interface and click Edit next to the flow you want to modify.

Delete a blueprint instance or flow

• To delete a blueprint instance, go to Customization > Blueprints, select the checkbox next to the instance, and click Delete. You can recreate and apply it by creating a new blueprint instance and selecting the file in the Create page, under Path.

• To delete a flow, navigate to Flows and Stages > Flows, select the checkbox next to the flow, and click Delete. You can re-import the flow later by repeating the import steps in the previous section.