# Build an Authenticated Backend with Ory Network, Encore, and PostgreSQL

DevFeed: [Build an Authenticated Backend with Ory Network, Encore, and PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ory-encore-17827.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://encore.dev/blog/ory-tutorial>)

Author: Ivan Cernja

Published: 2026-03-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Encore Updates](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/encore-updates.md>)

Topics: [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Secrets Management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/secrets-management.md>), [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [secrets-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secrets-management.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial shows how to build a backend with Ory Network for user authentication and Encore-managed infrastructure. It covers session verification, protected API endpoints, authenticated user context, secret management, and PostgreSQL data storage.

## Source excerpt

Open-source identity with automatic infrastructure