Integrate with Mealie

What is Mealie

Mealie is a self hosted recipe manager and meal planner. Easily add recipes by providing the url and Mealie will automatically import the relevant data or add a family recipe with the UI editor.

-- https://mealie.io/

Preparation

The following placeholders are used in this guide:

• mealie.company is the FQDN of the Mealie installation.
• authentik.company is the FQDN of the authentik installation.

:::info This documentation lists only the settings that you need to change from their default values. Be aware that any changes other than those explicitly mentioned in this guide could cause issues accessing your application. :::

authentik configuration

To support the integration of Mealie with authentik, you need to create an application/provider pair in authentik.

Create an application and provider in authentik

1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.
2. Navigate to Applications > Applications and click Create with Provider to create an application and provider pair. (Alternatively you can first create a provider separately, then create the application and connect it with the provider.)

• Application: provide a descriptive name, an optional group for the type of application, the policy engine mode, and optional UI settings.
• Choose a Provider type: select OAuth2/OpenID Connect as the provider type.
• Configure the Provider: provide a name (or accept the auto-provided name), the authorization flow to use for this provider, and the following required configurations.
  • Note the Client ID, Client Secret, , and slug values because they will be required later.
  • Create two Strict redirect URIs and set to https://mealie.company/login and https://mealie.company/login?direct=1.
  • Select any available signing key.
• Configure Bindings (optional): you can create a binding (policy, group, or user) to manage the listing and access to applications on a user's My applications page.

3. Click Submit to save the new application and provider.

Create the users and administrators groups

Using the authentik Admin interface, navigate to Directory > Groups and click Create to create two groups, with names of your choosing, one for Users (ex: mealie-users) and one for Admins (ex: mealie-admins).

After creating the groups, select a group, navigate to Directory > Users, and manage its members by using the Add existing user and Create user buttons as needed. An admin will need to be added as a member to both groups to function properly.

Mealie configuration

To enable OIDC login with Mealie, update your environment variables to include the following:

OIDC_AUTH_ENABLED=true
OIDC_PROVIDER_NAME=authentik
OIDC_CONFIGURATION_URL=https://authentik.company/application/o/<application_slug>/.well-known/openid-configuration
OIDC_CLIENT_ID=<Client ID from authentik>
OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=<Client secret from authentik>
OIDC_SIGNUP_ENABLED=true
OIDC_USER_GROUP=<Your users group created in authentik>
OIDC_ADMIN_GROUP=<Your admins group created in authentik>
OIDC_AUTO_REDIRECT=true   # Optional: The login page will be bypassed and you will be sent directly to your Identity Provider.
OIDC_REMEMBER_ME=true     # Optional: By setting this value to true, a session will be extended as if "Remember Me" was checked.

Restart the Mealie service for the changes to take effect.

Configuration verification

1. To confirm that authentik is properly configured with Mealie, log out and log back in via authentik.
2. In Mealie click on the user profile icon in the top left. Then click on Members, confirm the admins set in your authentik group are an Admin in Mealie as expected.