Can we use Langfuse without any Authentication enabled?

[SudhaGarimella]

The reason I ask this question is we are facing a small issue in our organization. If we can allow using Langfuse app without any authentication for now.

Since the Langfuse app that we will be deploying will only be available on a specific VPN. So for phase 1 we do not want to enable any authentication.

Is that possible?

I tried this but I don't see environment: - DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:postgres@db:5432/langfuse - NEXTAUTH_SECRET=mysecret **- AUTH_DISABLE_USERNAME_PASSWORD=true** - SALT=mysalt - NEXTAUTH_URL=http:localhost:3000 - TELEMETRY_ENABLED=${TELEMETRY_ENABLED:-true} **- NEXT_PUBLIC_SIGN_UP_DISABLED=true** - LANGFUSE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES=${LANGFUSE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES:-false}

After the container is up - I see what is attached in the image.

My expectation is: When I use localhost:3000 - I should see the langfuse dashboard. Is that possible with configuration?

[dosubot[bot]]

Hey @SudhaGarimella! 👋 I'm here to help you with any bugs, questions, or contributions you have. Let's dive into this together!

There isn't a direct configuration option in Langfuse to completely disable all forms of authentication. However, you can disable email/password authentication by setting AUTH_DISABLE_USERNAME_PASSWORD=true and prevent new user sign-ups by setting NEXT_PUBLIC_SIGN_UP_DISABLED=true. This setup will still require existing users to authenticate, but it restricts new sign-ups ^[1][2].

If you need to bypass authentication entirely, you might need to modify the codebase directly, which isn't recommended due to potential security risks and maintenance challenges. Since your deployment is on a specific VPN, you might consider implementing network-level access controls as an additional layer of security while keeping some form of authentication enabled.

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[jannikmaierhoefer]

Hi @SudhaGarimella, dosu bot is right. We don't have an option out of the box to disable authentification completely.

[jannikmaierhoefer]

Feel free to open an idea post for this https://langfuse.com/ideas

[SudhaGarimella]

Thank you.

[mariusp12]

I started a discussion, since I would also be interested in such a feature: https://github.com/orgs/langfuse/discussions/4212