diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d6e705ac..efc402bf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,15 +4,25 @@ [![Build](https://travis-ci.org/clems4ever/authelia.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/clems4ever/authelia) [![Gitter](https://img.shields.io/gitter/room/badges/shields.svg)](https://gitter.im/authelia/general?utm_source=share-link&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=share-link) -**Authelia** is a complete HTTP 2-factor authentication server for proxies like -Nginx or Traefik. It has been designed to be proxy agnostic so that you can -use whichever proxy supporting authentication forwarding. +**Authelia** is an open-source authentication and authorization server. +Authelia brings 2-factor authentication and single sign-on to secure web +applications and ease authentication. It has been designed to be a companion +of any reverse proxy by helping it handle authentication and authorization +requests. + +**Authelia** can be installed on bare-metal using Docker or npm but can also +be deployed easily on a Kubernetes cluster and leverages ingress controller +and ingress configuration concepts to easily configure authentication and +authorization for specific services in your cluster by simply editing your +ingress configuration. + # Table of Contents 1. [Features summary](#features-summary) 2. [Deployment](#deployment) 1. [With NPM](#with-npm) 2. [With Docker](#with-docker) + 3. [With Kubernetes](#with-docker) 3. [Getting started](#getting-started) 1. [Pre-requisites](#pre-requisites) 2. [Run it!](#run-it) @@ -27,7 +37,8 @@ use whichever proxy supporting authentication forwarding. 4. [Security](#security) 5. [Documentation](#documentation) 1. [Authelia configuration](#authelia-configuration) - 2. [API documentation](#api-documentation) + 2. [Wiki](#wiki) + 3. [API documentation](#api-documentation) 6. [Contributing to Authelia](#contributing-to-authelia) 7. [License](#license) @@ -262,6 +273,9 @@ You can specify another configuration file by giving it as first argument of authelia config.custom.yml +### Wiki +A [wiki](../../wiki) is available if you need more details about Authelia. + ### API documentation There is a complete API documentation generated with [apiDoc](http://apidocjs.com/) and embedded in the repo under the **doc/**