Changing Authentik background image

By default, Authentik uses a nice but very bright background image for its authentication flows. If you want to, you can change this image (say, to something slightly less eyeball-burning-at-2am) relatively easily.

1. Sign into the Authentik Admin interface
2. Go to Customization ⇒ Files
   1. Upload a new file (rename it if you want). I’ve only tried jpeg’s, but they seem to work fine.
3. Go to System ⇒ Brands
   1. Create a new brand if you don’t have one already
      1. Under the “Branding Settings” section, set the “Default flow background” to your image. It will likely be at the bottom of the scrollbox.
   2. Click Create Brand (or Update)
   3. Ensure your brand is set as default

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