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title: General troubleshooting steps
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## Set the log level to TRACE

Setting the log level to trace configures the outpost to trace-log all the headers given in forward auth requests.

This is helpful to confirm that certain required Headers are correctly forwarded from the reverse proxy.

### When using the embedded Outpost

Set the authentik log level to `TRACE`:

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Add the following block to your `.env` file:

```shell
AUTHENTIK_LOG_LEVEL=trace
```

Afterwards, run `docker compose up -d`.

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Add the following block to your `values.yml` file:

```yaml
authentik:
    log_level: trace
```

Afterwards, upgrade helm release.

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### When using a standard outpost

Edit the outpost settings and set `log_level: trace`. This setting should propagate to the outpost instances within a couple seconds.

## Ensure `/outpost.goauthentik.io` is accessible

Everything under `/outpost.goauthentik.io` should be publicly accessible, as URLs under this path are used for authentication.

To check this, run `curl -v https://app.company/outpost.goauthentik.io/ping`. A correct setup should contain output looking like this:

```
[...]
< HTTP/2 204
[...]
```
