Authelia Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Authelia hosting gives you a self-hosted SSO and two-factor authentication server in front of the apps you run yourself. Deploy Authelia from the OneClick catalogue and xCloud brings up the pinned official image behind HTTPS on your own domain, creates the administrator from the details you enter, and keeps your users, registered devices and configuration on a persistent volume. You then add the access rules for the apps you want it to protect.

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What is Authelia?

Authelia is a self-hosted authentication and authorization server, an open-source project licensed under Apache-2.0. It provides a login portal with two-factor authentication, access-control rules and an optional OpenID Connect provider. Upstream describes it as a companion for reverse proxies that allows, denies or redirects requests, so it suits teams that would otherwise put apps behind a hosted identity service such as Okta but only need sign-in, a second factor and per-app rules. Self-hosted Authelia keeps those accounts in files you control.

On xCloud the template deploys Authelia 4.39.28 as a single container from the official image, pinned by digest, with SQLite storage, a local YAML user file and a filesystem notifier. There is no Redis and no bundled reverse proxy. The authelia_config volume holds the configuration, users file and encrypted database; xCloud publishes the portal over HTTPS and hashes the administrator password you enter or generate.

Authelia Hosting In 3 Easy Steps

Running Authelia yourself means a Docker host, a domain, a certificate, a hashed admin password and a config file to get right. This is the same login portal without building any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Authelia from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain, then enter the administrator username and email.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Authelia 4.39.28 image and publish it over HTTPS on your domain, with the admin password you entered or generated hashed on first start.
Step 03
Sign In And Add A Second Factor
Open the HTTPS URL, sign in as the administrator and register an authenticator app. Then add the access rules for the apps you want to protect.

Everything Authelia Does, On Your Own Server

Authelia runs in full here — one login portal for your self-hosted tools, on infrastructure you control.

Two-Factor Login Portal
One-time passwords, security keys, passkeys and Duo push, in front of every self-hosted tool you protect.
Brute-Force Protection
Accounts are temporarily banned after repeated failed sign-ins, out of the box.
Deny By Default
Access stays closed until a rule opens it. Subdomains of your Authelia domain require a password from the start.
Self-Service Password Reset
Identity checks when a user registers a second factor, plus password reset for your users. Reset messages go to notification.txt until you configure SMTP.
Optional OpenID Connect
Turn on the OpenID Connect 1.0 provider once you add its configuration.
Survives A Restart
Users, registered 2FA devices, preferences and history all persist through an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Login Portal 24/7

Managed hosting for Authelia, so the parts that keep the portal online are not your problem.

Authelia 4.39.28 deployed instantly
Hashed administrator account from install
Managed HTTPS on your domain
Persistent configuration and database
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Authelia

Protect apps with Authelia forward auth
An admin running several self-hosted tools can add access rules in Authelia and point their reverse proxy at it, so each app asks for a password and second factor first. The proxy must send Authelia's X-Forwarded headers; this template does not attach itself to sibling apps.
Add a second factor to self-hosted tools
A small team can register one-time-password apps, security keys or passkeys for each user, so a stolen password alone no longer opens the apps behind the portal, with failed sign-ins temporarily banned.
Keep users in a file you control
A homelab owner can manage accounts in users_database.yml, generate Argon2 password digests with Authelia's own command, and keep the whole user list on a volume they back up, instead of in a third-party directory.
Trial OpenID Connect for your own apps
A developer who wants single sign-on can add the identity_providers.oidc settings to the configuration file and test OpenID Connect against their own apps, using a portal that stays off until they enable it.

Authelia vs Alternatives

Okta: Okta is a hosted identity service. Authelia is the self-hosted route for sign-in, two-factor and access rules, running as one container with your users in a YAML file on your own volume.
Authentik: Authentik is a separate self-hosted authentication project and has no xCloud hosting page. The Authelia template ships one container with SQLite and a local user file, and no Redis or bundled proxy.
Keycloak: Keycloak has its own xCloud hosting page. Choose Authelia when you want a login portal and per-app access rules that work as a companion to your reverse proxy, running as one container with SQLite and a YAML users file.
Pocket ID: Pocket ID is a passkey-first OpenID Connect provider with an embedded SQLite database. Pick Authelia when you also want access-control rules and password-plus-second-factor sign-in at the portal.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Authelia hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

A login portal alongside a larger self-hosted stack.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Authelia in front of a whole self-hosted fleet.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Authelia is an open-source (Apache-2.0) authentication server; this is the managed server it runs on. The template asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk. This page sells the 6 GB tier. Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore.

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Ready To Run Your Login Portal?

Authelia on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Keep your sign-in in your hands.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Authelia free?

Yes. Authelia is open source under the Apache-2.0 licence, so the software itself costs nothing to run. You pay for the Cloud VPS and your domain. The template adds no paid tier, and the OpenID Connect provider is part of the same software once you configure it.

Can you self-host Authelia with Docker?

Yes. The xCloud template runs the official Authelia image as a single container with Docker Compose, which is Authelia Docker hosting without writing the Compose file. It needs a Docker + Nginx server, and xCloud publishes the portal over HTTPS on your domain.

Does Authelia support two-factor authentication?

Yes. Authelia supports one-time passwords, security keys, passkeys and Duo push, and checks a user's identity when they register a second factor. Deploy it, sign in as the administrator and register an authenticator app first, then add rules for the apps behind it.

Does Authelia work as an OpenID Connect provider?

It can, but it is off by default. OpenID Connect stays disabled until you add identity_providers.oidc, with an HMAC secret and JWKS, to the configuration file on the authelia_config volume. The template does not turn it on or attach it to other apps for you.

Does Authelia include a reverse proxy?

No. The template runs Authelia alone, with no Traefik and no Redis. To protect other apps with forward auth, add access rules and point your own reverse proxy at Authelia so it sends the required X-Forwarded headers. Authelia does not protect anything by itself.

What is the difference between Authelia and Authentik?

Authelia is an authentication server that works with your reverse proxy to handle sign-in, two-factor and access rules, and the xCloud template runs it as one container with SQLite. Authentik is a separate project that is not in the xCloud catalogue, so compare its docs before choosing between them.

How much RAM does Authelia need?

The template's manifest asks for 256 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 2 GB of disk. QA measured about 34 MiB idle and roughly 184 MiB at peak while hashing passwords. This page sells the 6 GB Cloud VPS so the portal has headroom and room for other apps.

What should I back up on Authelia?

Back up the whole authelia_config volume together with the storage encryption key. The volume holds configuration.yml, users_database.yml, the encrypted db.sqlite3 and notification.txt. Test a restore before relying on it, because restoring the database without the original key leaves the stored data unreadable.

Backups in xCloud

How do I update Authelia?

xCloud does not upgrade it for you. The image is pinned by tag and digest, so an update means a deliberate change: read the upstream release notes, take a backup of the volume first, then bump the tag and digest together. Do not assume a newer release's data can be downgraded.

Is this Authelia cloud hosting?

It is hosting you rent and control: a dedicated Cloud VPS running the open-source Authelia software, with the users file and database on your own volume. It is not an account on a service run by the Authelia project, and xCloud has no partnership with it.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.