gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/topics/authentication/index.md

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Authentication (FREE)

This page gathers all the resources for the topic Authentication within GitLab.

GitLab users

• SSH
• Two-factor authentication (2FA)
• Why do I keep getting signed out?
• Articles:
  • Support for Universal 2nd Factor Authentication - YubiKeys
  • Security Webcast with Yubico
• Integrations:
  • GitLab as OAuth2 authentication service provider
  • GitLab as OpenID Connect identity provider

GitLab administrators

• LDAP
• Enforce two-factor authentication (2FA)
• Articles:
  • Feature Highlight: LDAP Integration
  • Debugging LDAP
• Integrations:
  • OmniAuth
  • Authentiq OmniAuth Provider
  • Atlassian Crowd OmniAuth Provider
  • CAS OmniAuth Provider
  • SAML OmniAuth Provider
  • SAML for GitLab.com Groups
  • SCIM user provisioning for GitLab.com Groups
  • Kerberos integration (GitLab EE)

API

• OAuth 2 Tokens
• Personal access tokens
• Project access tokens
• Impersonation tokens
• OAuth 2.0 identity provider API

Third-party resources

• Kanboard Plugin GitLab Authentication
• Jenkins GitLab OAuth Plugin
• OKD - Configuring Authentication and User Agent