---
name: authentik-provision-fleet-user
description: "Provision or audit an Authentik user on Dankclaw (auth.franksdank.cloud): ak shell ORM drive, group set, behavioral login verify, stale-claim caveat."
---

# Provision an Authentik user on Dankclaw

Source of truth: `serverAppConfigs-docs/Infrastructure/Authentik.md` ("User provisioning playbook"). Authentik objects are NOT repo-managed — no deploy, no file edits.

1. Inspect first, mirror the newest human user's groups:
```bash
ssh dankclaw 'podman exec -i authentik-server ak shell' <<'EOF' 2>&1 | sed -n '/objects imported/,$p'
from authentik.core.models import User, Group
for u in User.objects.all().order_by("username"):
    print(u.username, u.email, sorted(u.groups.values_list("name", flat=True)))
print(sorted(Group.objects.values_list("name", flat=True)))
EOF
```
2. Create (idempotent guard; password goes in the heredoc = stdin, never argv, so it never lands in `ps`):
```python
from authentik.core.models import User, Group
u = User.objects.filter(username="X").first()
if not u:
    u = User(username="X", email="X@franksdank.cloud", name="X", is_active=True)
    u.set_password("...")
    u.save()
for g in ("Non-Admin Users", "jellyfin_users", "openwebui_users"):  # human-user precedent: ridley
    u.groups.add(Group.objects.get(name=g))
```
3. Verify through the exact PasswordStage code path:
```python
from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
assert authenticate(request=None, username="X", password="...")
assert authenticate(request=None, username="X", password="nope") is None
```

## Rules
- No `User.create_user`; `is_superuser` is a group-derived property, not a constructor kwarg (raises `TypeError`). `path` defaults to `users`.
- Guarded-vhost access = any authenticated user (all proxy providers use implicit-consent); groups are consumed downstream: `homepage-admins` (Caddy `/admin` header gate), `openwebui_users`/`_admins` (roles claim), `jellyfin_users`/`_admins` (LDAP outpost). EXCLUDE admin groups from a plain user; ask before granting `homepage-admins`.
- Group add after a login → Caddy RBAC can 403 on the outpost's cached claims; purge that user's rows: `DELETE FROM authentik_providers_proxy_proxysession WHERE session_data->'claims'->>'preferred_username' = 'X';` (in the `authentik-postgres` container) — next visit re-authorizes silently.
- Jellyfin visibility rides the LDAP outpost cache; expect a lag.
- Look up flows by slug, not name. Do not rotate `AUTHENTIK_SECRET_KEY` to fix claim issues.