=== OpenID Connect v1.0 Identity Providers {{book.project.name}} can broker identity providers based on the OpenID Connect protocol. These IDPs must support the <> as defined by the specification in order to authenticate the user and authorize access. To begin configuring an OIDC provider, go to the `Identity Providers` left menu item and selected `OpenID Connect v1.0` from the `Add provider` drop down list. This will bring you to the `Add identity provider` page. .Add Identity Provider image:../../{{book.images}}/oidc-add-identity-provider.png[] The initial configuration options on this page are described in <>. You must define the OpenID Connection configuration options as well. They basically describe the OIDC IDP you are communicating with. .OpenID Connect Config |=== |Configuration|Description |Authorization URL |Authorization URL endpoint required by the OIDC protocol |Token URL |Token URL endpoint required by the OIDC protocol |Logout URL |Logout URL endpoint defined in the OIDC protocol. This value is optional. |Backchannel Logout |Backchannel logout is a background, out-of-band, REST invocation to the IDP to logout the user. Some IDPs can only perform logout through browser redirects as they may only be able to identity sessions via a browser cookie. |User Info URL |User Info URL endpoint defined by the OIDC protocol. This is an endpoint from which user profile information can be downloaded. |Client ID |This realm will act as an OIDC client to the external federation IDP you are configuring here. Your realm will need a OIDC client ID when using the Authorization Code Flow to interact with the external IDP |Client Secret |This realm will need a client secret to use when using the Authorization Code Flow. |Issuer |Responses from the IDP may contain an issuer claim. This config value is optional. If specified, this claim will be validated against the value you provide. |Default Scopes |Space-separated list of OIDC scopes to send with the authentication request. The default is `openid` |Prompt |Another optional switch. This is the prompt parameter defined by the OIDC specification. Through it you can force re-authentication and other options. See the specification for more details |=== You can also import all this configuration data by providing a URL or file that points to OpenID Provider Metadata (see OIDC Discovery specification). If you are connecting to a {{book.project.name}} external IDP, you can import the IDP setttings from the url `/auth/realms/\{realm-name}/.well-known/openid-configuration`. This link is a JSON document describing metadata about the IDP.