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stage: Manage
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group: Authentication & Authorization
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Configure GitLab as an OAuth 2.0 authentication identity provider
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This document describes how you can use GitLab as an OAuth 2.0 authentication identity provider.
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- OAuth 2 applications can be created and managed using the GitLab UI (described below)
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or managed using the [Applications API](../api/applications.md).
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- After an application is created, external services can manage access tokens using the
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[OAuth 2 API](../api/oauth2.md).
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- To allow users to sign in to GitLab using third-party OAuth 2 providers, see
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[OmniAuth documentation](omniauth.md).
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## Introduction to OAuth
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[OAuth 2](https://oauth.net/2/) provides to client applications a 'secure delegated
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access' to server resources on behalf of a resource owner. OAuth 2 allows
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authorization servers to issue access tokens to third-party clients with the approval
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of the resource owner or the end-user.
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OAuth 2 can be used:
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- To allow users to sign in to your application with their GitLab.com account.
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- To set up GitLab.com for authentication to your GitLab instance. See
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[GitLab OmniAuth](gitlab.md).
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The 'GitLab Importer' feature also uses OAuth 2 to give access
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to repositories without sharing user credentials to your GitLab.com account.
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GitLab supports several ways of adding a new OAuth 2 application to an instance:
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- [User owned applications](#user-owned-applications)
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- [Group owned applications](#group-owned-applications)
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- [Instance-wide applications](#instance-wide-applications)
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The only difference between these methods is the [permission](../user/permissions.md)
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levels. The default callback URL is `http://your-gitlab.example.com/users/auth/gitlab/callback`.
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## User owned applications
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To add a new application for your user:
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1. In the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Applications**.
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1. Enter a **Name**, **Redirect URI** and OAuth 2 scopes as defined in [Authorized Applications](#authorized-applications).
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The **Redirect URI** is the URL where users are sent after they authorize with GitLab.
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1. Select **Save application**. GitLab provides:
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- The OAuth 2 Client ID in the **Application ID** field.
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- The OAuth 2 Client Secret, accessible:
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- In the **Secret** field in GitLab 14.1 and earlier.
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- Using the **Copy** button on the **Secret** field
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[in GitLab 14.2 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/332844).
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## Group owned applications
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/16227) in GitLab 13.11.
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To add a new application for a group:
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1. Navigate to the desired group.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > Applications**.
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1. Enter a **Name**, **Redirect URI** and OAuth 2 scopes as defined in [Authorized Applications](#authorized-applications).
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The **Redirect URI** is the URL where users are sent after they authorize with GitLab.
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1. Select **Save application**. GitLab provides:
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- The OAuth 2 Client ID in the **Application ID** field.
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- The OAuth 2 Client Secret, accessible:
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- In the **Secret** field in GitLab 14.1 and earlier.
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- Using the **Copy** button on the **Secret** field
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[in GitLab 14.2 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/332844).
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## Instance-wide applications
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To create an application for your GitLab instance:
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1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Admin**.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Applications**.
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1. Select **New application**.
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When creating application in the **Admin Area** , you can mark it as _trusted_.
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The user authorization step is automatically skipped for this application.
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## Expiring Access Tokens
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/21745) in GitLab 14.3.
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By default, all new applications expire access tokens after 2 hours. In GitLab 14.2 and
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earlier, OAuth access tokens had no expiration.
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All integrations should update to support access token refresh.
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When creating new applications, you can opt-out of expiry for backward compatibility by clearing
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**Expire access tokens** when creating them. The ability to opt-out
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[is deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/340848).
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Existing:
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- Applications can have expiring access tokens. Edit the application and select
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**Expire access tokens** to enable them.
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- Tokens must be [revoked](../api/oauth2.md#revoke-a-token) or they don't expire.
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## Authorized applications
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Every application you authorize with your GitLab credentials is shown
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in the **Authorized applications** section under **Settings > Applications**.
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The GitLab OAuth 2 applications support scopes, which allow various actions that any given
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application can perform. Available scopes are depicted in the following table.
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| Scope | Description |
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| `api` | Grants complete read/write access to the API, including all groups and projects, the container registry, and the package registry. |
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| `read_user` | Grants read-only access to the authenticated user's profile through the /user API endpoint, which includes username, public email, and full name. Also grants access to read-only API endpoints under /users. |
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| `read_api` | Grants read access to the API, including all groups and projects, the container registry, and the package registry. |
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| `read_repository` | Grants read-only access to repositories on private projects using Git-over-HTTP or the Repository Files API. |
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| `write_repository` | Grants read-write access to repositories on private projects using Git-over-HTTP (not using the API). |
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| `read_registry` | Grants read-only access to container registry images on private projects. |
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| `write_registry` | Grants read-only access to container registry images on private projects. |
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| `sudo` | Grants permission to perform API actions as any user in the system, when authenticated as an administrator user. |
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| `openid` | Grants permission to authenticate with GitLab using [OpenID Connect](openid_connect_provider.md). Also gives read-only access to the user's profile and group memberships. |
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| `profile` | Grants read-only access to the user's profile data using [OpenID Connect](openid_connect_provider.md). |
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| `email` | Grants read-only access to the user's primary email address using [OpenID Connect](openid_connect_provider.md). |
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At any time you can revoke any access by clicking **Revoke**.
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