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Adds a callout to the `config.mdx` documentation warning users that enabling the Guard without first creating an admin user will lock them out.
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title: "Auth"
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description: "Easily implement reliable authentication strategies."
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tags: ["documentation"]
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---
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<Callout type="info" title="The documentation is currently a work in progress">
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Check back soon — or stay updated on our progress on
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[GitHub](https://github.com/bknd-io/bknd) and join the conversation in
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[Discord](https://discord.gg/952SFk8Tb8).
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</Callout>
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Authentication is essential for securing applications, and **bknd** provides a straightforward approach to implementing robust strategies.
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### **Core Features**
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- Automatically creates a `user` entity, with support for customizable fields.
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- Authenticates users based on configurable strategies.
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- Generates JWTs according to specified configurations.
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- Provides session management for maintaining user authentication state.
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### **Supported Authentication Strategies**
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- **Email/Password**: Supports plain and SHA-256 password hashing (bcrypt planned for future
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releases).
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- **OAuth/OIDC**: Works with providers like Google and GitHub.
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- Compatible with any specification-compliant provider.
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With a focus on flexibility and ease of integration, bknd's authentication system offers the essentials for managing secure user access in your applications.
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---
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## Securing Your Admin Portal
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<Callout type="warn" title="Do not enable the Guard without an admin user">
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Enabling the Guard without first creating a user with an admin role **will lock you out of the admin portal entirely**. There is no login screen that can save you — you'll need to manually edit the database to recover. Follow the checklist below before enabling the Guard.
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</Callout>
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The **Guard** protects your admin portal and API endpoints by requiring authentication and proper permissions. Before enabling it, you must set up at least one user with full admin access.
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### Checklist Before Enabling Guard
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Complete these steps **in order** before turning on the Guard:
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1. **Create an admin role** with `implicit_allow: true`
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- This grants full access to all permissions
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- Go to Auth → Roles → Create a new role
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- Enable the "Implicit Allow" toggle
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2. **Create a user**
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- Go to Auth → Users → Create a new user
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- Set up their email and password
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3. **Attach the admin role to the user**
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- Edit the user you just created
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- Assign the admin role to them
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4. **Verify you can sign in**
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- Open an incognito/private browser window
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- Navigate to your app and sign in with the admin user
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- Confirm you have access
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5. **Now enable the Guard**
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- Go to Auth → Settings
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- Enable the Guard
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### Recovery: If You're Locked Out
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If you enabled the Guard without setting up an admin user, you'll need to access your database directly:
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1. Connect to your database using a database client or CLI tool
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2. Find the `__bknd` table
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3. Locate the row where `type = 'config'`
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4. In the `json` column, set `auth.guard.enabled` to `false`
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5. Restart your bknd instance
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6. Complete the checklist above, then re-enable the Guard
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