Add Arcane as an advanced Dockge alternative

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It's a great alternative to VPNs for securely exposing services, especially ones that lack MFA or login protection (e.g., the SWAG dashboard).
Compared to the [TinyAuth](/serveex/security/tinyauth) + [Pocket ID](/serveex/security/pocket-id) combo used elsewhere on this site, Authentik is a heavier, more professional-grade platform: a single application handling both the forward-auth proxy and the OIDC provider roles, with built-in support for LDAP, SAML, and RBAC-style access policies (restricting who can reach which app, not just whether they're logged in), on top of its own admin UI for managing users, groups, and outposts. TinyAuth and Pocket ID stay lighter and simpler for a small homelab; Authentik is worth the extra setup once you need finer-grained access control or a broader protocol support than OIDC alone.
Authentik has [extensive documentation](https://docs.goauthentik.io/docs/installation/docker-compose) and [great tutorials from Cooptonian](https://www.youtube.com/@cooptonian). Here, well cover the basics using Dockge as an example.
There are two main modes you should know: