goauthentik / goauthentik/platform

agent.sock not found

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Description

### Describe the bug

The required `agent.sock` from `/root/.local/share/authentik` is missing following the deployment steps from:

- https://docs.goauthentik.io/endpoint-devices/authentik-agent/
- https://docs.goauthentik.io/endpoint-devices/authentik-agent/agent-deployment/linux/

```sudo apt install libnss-authentik libpam-authentik authentik-cli authentik-agent authentik-sysd```

### How to reproduce

1. Follow steps: https://docs.goauthentik.io/endpoint-devices/authentik-agent/agent-deployment/linux/
2. Attempt to complete the enrollment via: `ak config setup --authentik-url "https://auth.mydomain.com/"`
3. Navigate to URL shown: `https://auth.mydomain.com/device?code=XXXXXXXXX"`
4. Receive confirmation you can close the window (authentication successful)
5. Error received (shown below in log output)
6. Confirmed file is not present anywhere on system via `find / -name agent.sock`

### Expected behavior

Enrollment to complete via call to `agent.sock`

### Screenshots

Image

### Additional context

**Test host details**
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Release: 24.04
Codename: noble

Device did register in the Authentik portal.

### Deployment Method

Docker

### Version

2025.12.2

### Relevant log output

```shell
WARN[0012] finished call grpc.code=Unavailable grpc.component=client grpc.error="rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = connection error: desc = \"transport: Error while dialing: dial unix /root/.local/share/authentik/agent.sock: connect: no such file or directory\"" grpc.method=Setup grpc.method_type=unary grpc.service=agent_ctrl.AgentCtrl grpc.start_time="2026-01-31T17:03:40Z" grpc.time_ms=3.951 logger=cli.grpc protocol=grpc
Error: rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = connection error: desc = "transport: Error while dialing: dial unix **/root/.local/share/authentik/agent.sock: connect: no such file or directory**"
```

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