authentik/docs/providers/proxy.md

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Proxy Provider

!!! info This provider is to be used in conjunction with Outposts

This provider protects applications, which have no built-in support for OAuth2 or SAML. This is done by running a lightweight Reverse Proxy in front of the application, which authenticates the requests.

passbook Proxy is based on oauth2_proxy, but has been integrated more tightly with passbook.

The Proxy these extra headers to the application:

Header Name Value
X-Auth-Request-User The user's unique identifier
X-Auth-Request-Email The user's email address
X-Auth-Request-Preferred-Username The user's username