# Authentik oauth setup

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/authentik-oauth-setup/8271>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** writefreely\
**Created:** [February 8, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/authentik-oauth-setup/8271 "2023-02-08T16:18:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tealk](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/tealk/32/1323_2.png) [@Tealk](https://discuss.write.as/u/Tealk)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/authentik-oauth-setup/8271/5 "2023-02-26T11:34:51Z")

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Looks like a feature/bug

> [@Oauth also with closed registration](https://discuss.write.as/t/oauth-also-with-closed-registration/8365):
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> Hello, I want to run my Writefreely instance with oauth only, unfortunately this only works if I set open\_registration = true. Otherwise the oauth provider can not create accounts. I came across it because of [this error message](https://discuss.write.as/t/authentik-oauth-setup/8271/2). I have decided to use oauth because a normal open registration brings in an incredible amount of spam and users only need one account for several services.

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