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OpenID Connect OmniAuth provider (FREE SELF)
GitLab can use OpenID Connect as an OmniAuth provider.
To enable the OpenID Connect OmniAuth provider, you must register your application with an OpenID Connect provider. The OpenID Connect provides you with a client's details and secret for you to use.
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On your GitLab server, open the configuration file.
For Omnibus GitLab:
sudo editor /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
For installations from source:
cd /home/git/gitlab sudo -u git -H editor config/gitlab.yml
See Configure initial settings for initial settings.
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Add the provider configuration.
For Omnibus GitLab:
gitlab_rails['omniauth_providers'] = [ { name: "openid_connect", label: "Provider name", # optional label for login button, defaults to "Openid Connect" icon: "<custom_provider_icon>", args: { name: "openid_connect", scope: ["openid","profile","email"], response_type: "code", issuer: "<your_oidc_url>", discovery: true, client_auth_method: "query", uid_field: "<uid_field>", send_scope_to_token_endpoint: "false", client_options: { identifier: "<your_oidc_client_id>", secret: "<your_oidc_client_secret>", redirect_uri: "<your_gitlab_url>/users/auth/openid_connect/callback" } } } ]
For installation from source:
- { name: 'openid_connect', label: 'Provider name', # optional label for login button, defaults to "Openid Connect" icon: '<custom_provider_icon>', args: { name: 'openid_connect', scope: ['openid','profile','email'], response_type: 'code', issuer: '<your_oidc_url>', discovery: true, client_auth_method: 'query', uid_field: '<uid_field>', send_scope_to_token_endpoint: false, client_options: { identifier: '<your_oidc_client_id>', secret: '<your_oidc_client_secret>', redirect_uri: '<your_gitlab_url>/users/auth/openid_connect/callback' } } }
NOTE: For more information on each configuration option refer to the OmniAuth OpenID Connect usage documentation and the OpenID Connect Core 1.0 specification.
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For the configuration above, change the values for the provider to match your OpenID Connect client setup. Use the following as a guide:
<your_oidc_label>
is the label that appears on the login page.<custom_provider_icon>
(optional) is the icon that appears on the login page. Icons for the major social login platforms are built-in into GitLab, but can be overridden by specifying this parameter. Both local paths and absolute URLs are accepted.<your_oidc_url>
(optional) is the URL that points to the OpenID Connect provider. For example,https://example.com/auth/realms/your-realm
. If this value is not provided, the URL is constructed from theclient_options
in the following format:<client_options.scheme>://<client_options.host>:<client_options.port>
.- If
discovery
is set totrue
, the OpenID Connect provider attempts to auto discover the client options using<your_oidc_url>/.well-known/openid-configuration
. Defaults tofalse
. client_auth_method
(optional) specifies the method used for authenticating the client with the OpenID Connect provider.- Supported values are:
basic
- HTTP Basic Authenticationjwt_bearer
- JWT based authentication (private key and client secret signing)mtls
- Mutual TLS or X.509 certificate validation- Any other value POSTs the client ID and secret in the request body
- If not specified, defaults to
basic
.
- Supported values are:
<uid_field>
(optional) is the field name from theuser_info.raw_attributes
that defines the value foruid
. For example,preferred_username
. If this value is not provided or the field with the configured value is missing from theuser_info.raw_attributes
details, theuid
uses thesub
field.send_scope_to_token_endpoint
istrue
by default. In other words, thescope
parameter is normally included in requests to the token endpoint. However, if your OpenID Connect provider does not accept thescope
parameter in such requests, set this tofalse
.client_options
are the OpenID Connect client-specific options. Specifically:identifier
is the client identifier as configured in the OpenID Connect service provider.secret
is the client secret as configured in the OpenID Connect service provider.redirect_uri
is the GitLab URL to redirect the user to after successful login. For example,http://example.com/users/auth/openid_connect/callback
.end_session_endpoint
(optional) is the URL to the endpoint that end the session (logout). Can be provided if auto-discovery disabled or unsuccessful.- The following
client_options
are optional unless auto-discovery is disabled or unsuccessful:authorization_endpoint
is the URL to the endpoint that authorizes the end user.token_endpoint
is the URL to the endpoint that provides Access Token.userinfo_endpoint
is the URL to the endpoint that provides the user information.jwks_uri
is the URL to the endpoint where the Token signer publishes its keys.
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Save the configuration file.
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Reconfigure or restart GitLab 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 an OpenID Connect icon below the regular sign in form. Click the icon to begin the authentication process. The OpenID Connect provider asks the user to sign in and authorize the GitLab application (if confirmation required by the client). If everything goes well, the user is redirected to GitLab and signed in.
Example configurations
The following configurations illustrate how to set up OpenID with different providers with Omnibus GitLab.
See the Google documentation for more details:
gitlab_rails['omniauth_providers'] = [
{
name: "openid_connect",
label: "Google OpenID", # optional label for login button, defaults to "Openid Connect"
args: {
name: "openid_connect",
scope: ["openid", "profile", "email"],
response_type: "code",
issuer: "https://accounts.google.com",
client_auth_method: "query",
discovery: true,
uid_field: "preferred_username",
client_options: {
identifier: "<YOUR PROJECT CLIENT ID>",
secret: "<YOUR PROJECT CLIENT SECRET>",
redirect_uri: "https://example.com/users/auth/openid_connect/callback",
}
}
}
]
Microsoft Azure
The OpenID Connect (OIDC) protocol for Microsoft Azure uses the Microsoft identity platform (v2) endpoints. To get started, sign in to the Azure Portal. For your app, you need the following information:
- A tenant ID. You may already have one. For more information, review the Microsoft Azure Tenant documentation.
- A client ID and a client secret. Follow the instructions in the Microsoft Quickstart Register an Application documentation to obtain the tenant ID, client ID, and client secret for your app.
Example Omnibus configuration block:
gitlab_rails['omniauth_providers'] = [
{
name: "openid_connect",
label: "Azure OIDC", # optional label for login button, defaults to "Openid Connect"
args: {
name: "openid_connect",
scope: ["openid", "profile", "email"],
response_type: "code",
issuer: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/<YOUR-TENANT-ID>/v2.0",
client_auth_method: "query",
discovery: true,
uid_field: "preferred_username",
client_options: {
identifier: "<YOUR APP CLIENT ID>",
secret: "<YOUR APP CLIENT SECRET>",
redirect_uri: "https://gitlab.example.com/users/auth/openid_connect/callback"
}
}
}
]
Microsoft has documented how its platform works with the OIDC protocol.
Microsoft Azure Active Directory B2C
While GitLab works with Azure Active Directory B2C, it requires special configuration to work. To get started, sign in to the Azure Portal. For your app, you need the following information from Azure:
- A tenant ID. You may already have one. For more information, review the Microsoft Azure Tenant documentation.
- A client ID and a client secret. Follow the instructions in the Microsoft tutorial documentation to obtain the client ID and client secret for your app.
- The user flow or policy name. Follow the instructions in the Microsoft tutorial.
If your GitLab domain is gitlab.example.com
, ensure the app has the following Redirect URI
:
https://gitlab.example.com/users/auth/openid_connect/callback
In addition, ensure that ID tokens are enabled.
Add the following API permissions to the app:
openid
offline_access
Configure custom policies
Azure B2C offers two ways of defining the business logic for logging in a user:
While cumbersome to configure, custom policies are required because
standard Azure B2C user flows do not send the OpenID email
claim. In
other words, they do not work with the allow_single_sign_on
or auto_link_user
parameters.
With a standard Azure B2C policy, GitLab cannot create a new account or
link to an existing one with an email address.
Carefully follow the instructions for creating a custom policy.
The Microsoft instructions use SocialAndLocalAccounts
in the custom policy starter pack,
but LocalAccounts
works for authenticating against local, Active Directory accounts. Before you follow the instructions to upload the polices, do the following:
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To export the
email
claim, modify theSignUpOrSignin.xml
. Replace the following line:<OutputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="email" />
with:
<OutputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="signInNames.emailAddress" PartnerClaimType="email" />
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For OIDC discovery to work with B2C, the policy must be configured with an issuer compatible with the OIDC specification. See the token compatibility settings. In
TrustFrameworkBase.xml
underJwtIssuer
, setIssuanceClaimPattern
toAuthorityWithTfp
:<ClaimsProvider> <DisplayName>Token Issuer</DisplayName> <TechnicalProfiles> <TechnicalProfile Id="JwtIssuer"> <DisplayName>JWT Issuer</DisplayName> <Protocol Name="None" /> <OutputTokenFormat>JWT</OutputTokenFormat> <Metadata> <Item Key="IssuanceClaimPattern">AuthorityWithTfp</Item> ...
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Now upload the policy. Overwrite the existing files if you are updating an existing policy.
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Determine the issuer URL using the sign-in policy. The issuer URL is in the form:
https://<YOUR-DOMAIN>/tfp/<YOUR-TENANT-ID>/<YOUR-SIGN-IN-POLICY-NAME>/v2.0/
The policy name is lowercased in the URL. For example,
B2C_1A_signup_signin
policy appears asb2c_1a_signup_sigin
.
The trailing forward slash is required.
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Verify the operation of the OIDC discovery URL and issuer URL, append
.well-known/openid-configuration
to the issuer URL:https://<YOUR-DOMAIN>/tfp/<YOUR-TENANT-ID>/<YOUR-SIGN-IN-POLICY-NAME>/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration
For example, if
domain
isexample.b2clogin.com
and tenant ID isfc40c736-476c-4da1-b489-ee48cee84386
, you can usecurl
andjq
to extract the issuer:$ curl --silent "https://example.b2clogin.com/tfp/fc40c736-476c-4da1-b489-ee48cee84386/b2c_1a_signup_signin/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration" | jq .issuer "https://example.b2clogin.com/tfp/fc40c736-476c-4da1-b489-ee48cee84386/b2c_1a_signup_signin/v2.0/"
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Configure the issuer URL with the custom policy used for
signup_signin
. For example, this is the Omnibus configuration with a custom policy forb2c_1a_signup_signin
:gitlab_rails['omniauth_providers'] = [ { name: "openid_connect", label: "Azure B2C OIDC", # optional label for login button, defaults to "Openid Connect" args: { name: "openid_connect", scope: ["openid"], response_mode: "query", response_type: "id_token", issuer: "https://<YOUR-DOMAIN>/tfp/<YOUR-TENANT-ID>/b2c_1a_signup_signin/v2.0/", client_auth_method: "query", discovery: true, send_scope_to_token_endpoint: true, client_options: { identifier: "<YOUR APP CLIENT ID>", secret: "<YOUR APP CLIENT SECRET>", redirect_uri: "https://gitlab.example.com/users/auth/openid_connect/callback" } } }]
Troubleshooting Azure B2C
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Ensure all occurrences of
yourtenant.onmicrosoft.com
,ProxyIdentityExperienceFrameworkAppId
, andIdentityExperienceFrameworkAppId
match your B2C tenant hostname and the respective client IDs in the XML policy files. -
Add
https://jwt.ms
as a redirect URI to the app, and use the custom policy tester. Make sure the payload includesemail
that matches the user's email access. -
After you enable the custom policy, users might see "Invalid username or password" after they try to sign in. This might be a configuration issue with the
IdentityExperienceFramework
app. See this Microsoft comment that suggests checking that the app manifest contains these settings:"accessTokenAcceptedVersion": null
"signInAudience": "AzureADMyOrg"
This configuration corresponds with the Supported account types
setting used when
creating the IdentityExperienceFramework
app.
Keycloak
GitLab works with OpenID providers that use HTTPS. Although a Keycloak server can be set up using HTTP, GitLab can only communicate with a Keycloak server that uses HTTPS.
We highly recommend configuring Keycloak to use public key encryption algorithms (for example, RSA256, RSA512, and so on) instead of symmetric key encryption algorithms (for example, HS256 or HS358) to sign tokens. Public key encryption algorithms are:
- Easier to configure.
- More secure because leaking the private key has severe security consequences.
The signature algorithm can be configured in the Keycloak administration console under Realm Settings > Tokens > Default Signature Algorithm.
Example Omnibus configuration block:
gitlab_rails['omniauth_providers'] = [
{
name: "openid_connect",
label: "Keycloak", # optional label for login button, defaults to "Openid Connect"
args: {
name: "openid_connect",
scope: ["openid", "profile", "email"],
response_type: "code",
issuer: "https://keycloak.example.com/auth/realms/myrealm",
client_auth_method: "query",
discovery: true,
uid_field: "preferred_username",
client_options: {
identifier: "<YOUR CLIENT ID>",
secret: "<YOUR CLIENT SECRET>",
redirect_uri: "https://gitlab.example.com/users/auth/openid_connect/callback"
}
}
}
]
Configure Keycloak with a symmetric key algorithm
Introduced in GitLab 14.2.
WARNING: The instructions below are included for completeness, but symmetric key encryption should only be used when absolutely necessary.
To use symmetric key encryption:
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Extract the secret key from the Keycloak database. Keycloak doesn't expose this value in the Web interface. The client secret seen in the Web interface is the OAuth2 client secret, which is different from the secret used to sign JSON Web Tokens.
For example, if you're using PostgreSQL as the backend database for Keycloak, log in to the database console and extract the key via this SQL query:
$ psql -U keycloak psql (13.3 (Debian 13.3-1.pgdg100+1)) Type "help" for help. keycloak=# SELECT c.name, value FROM component_config CC INNER JOIN component C ON(CC.component_id = C.id) WHERE C.realm_id = 'master' and provider_id = 'hmac-generated' AND CC.name = 'secret'; -[ RECORD 1 ]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- name | hmac-generated value | lo6cqjD6Ika8pk7qc3fpFx9ysrhf7E62-sqGc8drp3XW-wr93zru8PFsQokHZZuJJbaUXvmiOftCZM3C4KW3-g -[ RECORD 2 ]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- name | fallback-HS384 value | UfVqmIs--U61UYsRH-NYBH3_mlluLONpg_zN7CXEwkJcO9xdRNlzZfmfDLPtf2xSTMvqu08R2VhLr-8G-oZ47A
In this example, there are two private keys: one for HS256 (
hmac-generated
), and another for HS384 (fallback-HS384
). We use the firstvalue
to configure GitLab. -
Convert
value
to standard base64. As discussed in the post,value
is encoded in "Base 64 Encoding with URL and Filename Safe Alphabet" in RFC 4648. This needs to be converted to standard base64 as defined in RFC 2045. The following Ruby script does this:require 'base64' value = "lo6cqjD6Ika8pk7qc3fpFx9ysrhf7E62-sqGc8drp3XW-wr93zru8PFsQokHZZuJJbaUXvmiOftCZM3C4KW3-g" Base64.encode64(Base64.urlsafe_decode64(value))
This results in the following value:
lo6cqjD6Ika8pk7qc3fpFx9ysrhf7E62+sqGc8drp3XW+wr93zru8PFsQokH\nZZuJJbaUXvmiOftCZM3C4KW3+g==\n
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Specify this base64-encoded secret in
jwt_secret_base64
. For example:gitlab_rails['omniauth_providers'] = [ { name: "openid_connect", label: "Keycloak", # optional label for login button, defaults to "Openid Connect" args: { name: "openid_connect", scope: ["openid", "profile", "email"], response_type: "code", issuer: "https://keycloak.example.com/auth/realms/myrealm", client_auth_method: "query", discovery: true, uid_field: "preferred_username", jwt_secret_base64: "<YOUR BASE64-ENCODED SECRET>", client_options: { identifier: "<YOUR CLIENT ID>", secret: "<YOUR CLIENT SECRET>", redirect_uri: "https://gitlab.example.com/users/auth/openid_connect/callback" } } } ]
If after reconfiguring, you see the error JSON::JWS::VerificationFailed
error message, this means
the incorrect secret was specified.
Casdoor
GitLab works with OpenID providers that use HTTPS. To connect to GitLab using OpenID with Casdoor, use HTTPS instead of HTTP.
For your app, complete the following steps on Casdoor:
- Get a client ID and a client secret.
- Add your GitLab redirect URL. For example, if your GitLab domain is
gitlab.example.com
, ensure the Casdoor app has the followingRedirect URI
:https://gitlab.example.com/users/auth/openid_connect/callback
.
See the Casdoor documentation for more details.
Example Omnibus GitLab configuration (file path: /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
):
gitlab_rails['omniauth_providers'] = [
{
name: "openid_connect",
label: "Casdoor", # optional label for login button, defaults to "Openid Connect"
args: {
name: "openid_connect",
scope: ["openid", "profile", "email"],
response_type: "code",
issuer: "https://<CASDOOR_HOSTNAME>",
client_auth_method: "query",
discovery: true,
uid_field: "sub",
client_options: {
identifier: "<YOUR CLIENT ID>",
secret: "<YOUR CLIENT SECRET>",
redirect_uri: "https://gitlab.example.com/users/auth/openid_connect/callback"
}
}
}
]
Example installations from source configuration (file path: config/gitlab.yml
):
- { name: 'openid_connect',
label: 'Casdoor', # optional label for login button, defaults to "Openid Connect"
args: {
name: 'openid_connect',
scope: ['openid','profile','email'],
response_type: 'code',
issuer: 'https://<CASDOOR_HOSTNAME>',
discovery: true,
client_auth_method: 'query',
uid_field: 'sub',
client_options: {
identifier: '<YOUR CLIENT ID>',
secret: '<YOUR CLIENT SECRET>',
redirect_uri: 'https://gitlab.example.com/users/auth/openid_connect/callback'
}
}
}
General troubleshooting
If you're having trouble, here are some tips:
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Ensure
discovery
is set totrue
. Setting it tofalse
requires specifying all the URLs and keys required to make OpenID work. -
Check your system clock to ensure the time is synchronized properly.
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As mentioned in the documentation, make sure
issuer
corresponds to the base URL of the Discovery URL. For example,https://accounts.google.com
is used for the URLhttps://accounts.google.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
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The OpenID Connect client uses HTTP Basic Authentication to send the OAuth2 access token if
client_auth_method
is not defined or if set tobasic
. If you are seeing 401 errors upon retrieving theuserinfo
endpoint, you may want to check your OpenID Web server configuration. For example, foroauth2-server-php
, you may need to add a configuration parameter to Apache.