gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/integration/cas.md

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# CAS OmniAuth provider (deprecated) **(FREE SELF)**

WARNING:
This feature was [deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/369127) in GitLab 15.3 and is planned for
removal in 16.0.

To enable the CAS OmniAuth provider you must register your application with your
CAS instance. This requires the service URL GitLab supplies to CAS. It should be
something like: `https://gitlab.example.com:443/users/auth/cas3/callback?url`.
Handling for Single Logout (SLO) is enabled by default, so you only have to
configure CAS for back-channel logout.

1. On your GitLab server, open the configuration file.

   For Omnibus package:

   ```shell
   sudo editor /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
   ```

   For installations from source:

   ```shell
   cd /home/git/gitlab

   sudo -u git -H editor config/gitlab.yml
   ```

1. See [Configure initial settings](omniauth.md#configure-initial-settings) for initial settings.

1. Add the provider configuration:

   For Omnibus package:

   ```ruby
   gitlab_rails['omniauth_providers'] = [
     {
       name: "cas3",
       label: "Provider name", # optional label for login button, defaults to "Cas3"
       args: {
           url: "CAS_SERVER",
           login_url: "/CAS_PATH/login",
           service_validate_url: "/CAS_PATH/p3/serviceValidate",
           logout_url: "/CAS_PATH/logout"
       }
     }
   ]
   ```

   For installations from source:

   ```yaml
   - { name: 'cas3',
       label: 'Provider name', # optional label for login button, defaults to "Cas3"
       args: {
         url: 'CAS_SERVER',
         login_url: '/CAS_PATH/login',
         service_validate_url: '/CAS_PATH/p3/serviceValidate',
         logout_url: '/CAS_PATH/logout' } }
   ```

1. Change 'CAS_PATH' to the root of your CAS instance (such as `cas`).

1. If your CAS instance does not use default TGC lifetimes, update the `cas3.session_duration` to at least the current TGC maximum lifetime. To explicitly disable SLO, regardless of CAS settings, set this to 0.

1. Save the configuration file.

1. [Reconfigure](../administration/restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) or
   [restart GitLab](../administration/restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source) for the changes to
   take effect if you installed GitLab via Omnibus or from source respectively.

On the sign in page there should now be a CAS tab in the sign in form.