default_redirection_url in local compose deployment is incorrectly configured

[jonasrosland]

Having the following set in the authelia/configuration.yml file in the local compose example:

default_redirection_url: 'https://public.example.com'

results in authelia not starting, and erroring out with the following message:

authelia  | time="2024-04-13T04:31:27+10:00" level=error msg="Configuration: session: option 'cookies' must be configured with the per cookie option 'default_redirection_url' but the global one is configured which is not supported" stack="github.com/authelia/authelia/v4/internal/commands/context.go:324 (*CmdCtx).ConfigValidateLogRunE\ngithub.com/authelia/authelia/v4/internal/commands/context.go:186 NewRootCmd.(*CmdCtx).ChainRunE.func1\ngithub.com/spf13/cobra@v1.8.0/command.go:968                     (*Command).execute\ngithub.com/spf13/cobra@v1.8.0/command.go:1115                    (*Command).ExecuteC\ngithub.com/spf13/cobra@v1.8.0/command.go:1039                    (*Command).Execute\ngithub.com/authelia/authelia/v4/cmd/authelia/main.go:10          main\nruntime/internal/atomic/types.go:194                             (*Uint32).Load\nruntime/asm_arm64.s:1222                                         goexit"
authelia  | time="2024-04-13T04:31:27+10:00" level=fatal msg="Can't continue due to the errors loading the configuration" stack="github.com/authelia/authelia/v4/internal/commands/context.go:327 (*CmdCtx).ConfigValidateLogRunE\ngithub.com/authelia/authelia/v4/internal/commands/context.go:186 NewRootCmd.(*CmdCtx).ChainRunE.func1\ngithub.com/spf13/cobra@v1.8.0/command.go:968                     (*Command).execute\ngithub.com/spf13/cobra@v1.8.0/command.go:1115                    (*Command).ExecuteC\ngithub.com/spf13/cobra@v1.8.0/command.go:1039                    (*Command).Execute\ngithub.com/authelia/authelia/v4/cmd/authelia/main.go:10          main\nruntime/internal/atomic/types.go:194                             (*Uint32).Load\nruntime/asm_arm64.s:1222                                         goexit"

Commenting the option out (I just wanted to see if that helps) makes the authelia local compose example work just fine.

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The error you're encountering indicates that the default_redirection_url should not be configured globally under the session option in the authelia/configuration.yml file. Instead, it needs to be configured per cookie. This is a specific requirement of Authelia's configuration as it allows more granular control over the redirection behavior for different cookies.

To resolve this issue, you should remove the default_redirection_url from the global session settings and configure it within each specific cookie configuration under the cookies section. Here is an example of how you might configure it:

session:
  name: 'authelia_session'
  secret: 'your_secret_here'
  expiration: 1h
  inactivity: 5m
  remember_me_duration: 1M
  domain: 'example.com'
  cookies:
    - domain: 'example.com'
      default_redirection_url: 'https://public.example.com'

Make sure to adjust the domain and other parameters according to your specific setup. This configuration ensures that the default_redirection_url is set specifically for the cookie related to the domain you specify, which aligns with Authelia's configuration requirements.

If you need further details on configuring sessions and cookies, you might want to refer to the official Authelia documentation or community discussions related to session configuration.

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[james-d-elliott]

Thanks and fixed.

[jonasrosland]

Thank you!