Beszel without any authentication, auto-agent setup docker

[adamzvolanek]

Is it possible to setup a password-less Baszel instance (even without admin account) leveraging the DISABLE_PASSWORD_AUTH environment variable?

Likewise, is it possible to pre-populate the KEY the beszel-agent? I ask because to "simply" setup Baszel currently, I have to still interact with the Baszel dashboard not only to make an account but also setup the agent and re-create the beszel-agent KEY.

Current docker-compose file:

services:
  beszel:
    image: 'henrygd/beszel'
    container_name: 'beszel'
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - devrack
    ports:
      - '8090:8090'
    volumes:
      - /mnt/user/appdata/internal/beszel_data:/beszel_data
    environment:
      DISABLE_PASSWORD_AUTH: 'true'
    extra_hosts:
      - 'host.docker.internal:host-gateway'

  beszel-agent:
    image: 'henrygd/beszel-agent'
    container_name: 'beszel-agent'
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - devrack
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
    environment:
      PORT: 45876
      KEY: '...'

networks:
  devrack:
    name: ${DOCKER_NETWORK}
    driver: bridge
    external: true

[henrygd]

Hi, let me know if I'm not understanding properly.

You do need to set up an admin account. This can be done through the API if you want. Let me know if you want instructions for that.

DISABLE_PASSWORD_AUTH will disable password login for Beszel users. It's meant for those using OAuth / OIDC instead of passwords.

The public key will be prefilled when using the 'Copy docker compose' or 'Copy Linux command' buttons, but it's also possible to get the key through the API.

If you can give me more details about your desired workflow I can try to give you more details about how to accomplish it.

[adamzvolanek]

To paint the picture of what I am wanting to achieve with Beszel:

I am using this as an internal tool to monitor the various usage(s) of my dockers all on the same server. (running Unraid) Ideally I can have a docker compose file that will spin up both server and agent (docker.sock) with an environmental flag that allows no-auth abilities and the agent key be optional/not-required when running with docker.sock.

My cyber security hat wearing side of me cringes at my own request, but as a home-labber/self-hoster I just want to be able to enter Beszel on my LAN, view the status I want to see, and setup notifications and alerts as needed. It would be deployed in an environment only on my own LAN.