---
layout: default
title: OpenID Connect
parent: Identity Providers
grand_parent: Configuration
nav_order: 2
---

# OpenID Connect

**Authelia** currently supports the [OpenID Connect] OP role as a [**beta**](#beta) feature. The OP role is the 
[OpenID Connect] Provider role, not the Relaying Party or RP role. This means other applications that implement the 
[OpenID Connect] RP role can use Authelia as an authentication and authorization backend similar to how you may use 
social media or development platforms for login.

The Relaying Party role is the role which allows an application to use GitHub, Google, or other [OpenID Connect]
providers for authentication and authorization. We do not intend to support this functionality at this moment in time.

## Roadmap

We have decided to implement [OpenID Connect] as a beta feature, it's suggested you only utilize it for testing and
providing feedback, and should take caution in relying on it in production as of now. [OpenID Connect] and it's related endpoints
are not enabled by default unless you specifically configure the [OpenID Connect] section.

The beta will be broken up into stages. Each stage will bring additional features. The following table is a *rough* plan
for which stage will have each feature, and may evolve over time:

<table>
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th class="tbl-header">Stage</th>
        <th class="tbl-header">Feature Description</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td rowspan="7" class="tbl-header tbl-beta-stage">beta1</td>
        <td><a href="https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html#Consent" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">User Consent</a></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><a href="https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html#CodeFlowSteps" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Authorization Code Flow</a></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><a href="https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OpenID Connect Discovery</a></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>RS256 Signature Strategy</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Per Client Scope/Grant Type/Response Type Restriction</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Per Client Authorization Policy (1FA/2FA)</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="tbl-beta-stage">Per Client List of Valid Redirection URI's</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td rowspan="1" class="tbl-header tbl-beta-stage">beta2 <sup>1</sup></td>
        <td class="tbl-beta-stage"><a href="https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html#UserInfo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Userinfo Endpoint</a> (missed in beta1)</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td rowspan="2" class="tbl-header tbl-beta-stage">beta3 <sup>1</sup></td>
        <td>Token Storage</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="tbl-beta-stage">Audit Storage</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td rowspan="4" class="tbl-header tbl-beta-stage">beta4 <sup>1</sup></td>
        <td><a href="https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-backchannel-1_0.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Back-Channel Logout</a></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Deny Refresh on Session Expiration</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><a href="https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-messages-1_0-20.html#rotate.sig.keys" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Signing Key Rotation Policy</a></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="tbl-beta-stage">Client Secrets Hashed in Configuration</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="tbl-header tbl-beta-stage">GA <sup>1</sup></td>
        <td class="tbl-beta-stage">General Availability after previous stages are vetted for bug fixes</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td rowspan="2" class="tbl-header">misc</td>
        <td>List of other features that may be implemented</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="tbl-beta-stage"><a href="https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-frontchannel-1_0.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Front-Channel Logout</a> <sup>2</sup></td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

¹ _This stage has not been implemented as of yet_.

² _This individual feature has not been implemented as of yet_.

## Configuration

The following snippet provides a sample-configuration for the OIDC identity provider explaining each field in detail.

```yaml
identity_providers:
  oidc:
    hmac_secret: this_is_a_secret_abc123abc123abc
    issuer_private_key: |
      --- KEY START
      --- KEY END
    access_token_lifespan: 1h
    authorize_code_lifespan: 1m
    id_token_lifespan: 1h
    refresh_token_lifespan: 720h
    enable_client_debug_messages: false
    clients:
      - id: myapp
        description: My Application
        secret: this_is_a_secret
        authorization_policy: two_factor
        redirect_uris:
          - https://oidc.example.com:8080/oauth2/callback
        scopes:
          - openid
          - groups
          - email
          - profile
        grant_types:
          - refresh_token
          - authorization_code
        response_types:
          - code
        response_modes:
          - form_post
          - query
          - fragment
        userinfo_signing_algorithm: none
```

## Options

### hmac_secret

<div markdown="1">
type: string
{: .label .label-config .label-purple } 
required: yes
{: .label .label-config .label-red }
</div>

The HMAC secret used to sign the [OpenID Connect] JWT's. The provided string is hashed to a SHA256
byte string for the purpose of meeting the required format. You must [generate this option yourself](#generating-a-random-secret).

Should be defined using a [secret](../secrets.md) which is the recommended for containerized deployments.

### issuer_private_key

<div markdown="1">
type: string
{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
required: yes
{: .label .label-config .label-red }
</div>

The private key in DER base64 encoded PEM format used to encrypt the [OpenID Connect] JWT's.[¹](../../faq.md#why_only_use_a_private_issue_key_with_oidc)
You must [generate this option yourself](#generating-a-random-secret). To create this option, use
`docker run -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v "$(pwd)":/keys authelia/authelia:latest authelia rsa generate --dir /keys`
to generate both the private and public key in the current directory. You can then paste the
private key into your configuration.

Should be defined using a [secret](../secrets.md) which is the recommended for containerized deployments.

### access_token_lifespan

<div markdown="1">
type: duration
{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
default: 1h
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

The maximum lifetime of an access token. It's generally recommended keeping this short similar to the default.
For more information read these docs about [token lifespan].

### authorize_code_lifespan

<div markdown="1">
type: duration
{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
default: 1m
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

The maximum lifetime of an authorize code. This can be rather short, as the authorize code should only be needed to
obtain the other token types. For more information read these docs about [token lifespan].

### id_token_lifespan

<div markdown="1">
type: duration
{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
default: 1h
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

The maximum lifetime of an ID token. For more information read these docs about [token lifespan].

### refresh_token_lifespan

<div markdown="1">
type: string
{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
default: 30d
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

The maximum lifetime of a refresh token. The
refresh token can be used to obtain new refresh tokens as well as access tokens or id tokens with an
up-to-date expiration. For more information read these docs about [token lifespan].

### enable_client_debug_messages

<div markdown="1">
type: boolean
{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
default: false
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

Allows additional debug messages to be sent to the clients.

### minimum_parameter_entropy

<div markdown="1">
type: integer
{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
default: 8
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

This controls the minimum length of the `nonce` and `state` parameters.

***Security Notice:*** Changing this value is generally discouraged, reducing it from the default can theoretically
make certain scenarios less secure. It is highly encouraged that if your OpenID Connect RP does not send these parameters
or sends parameters with a lower length than the default that they implement a change rather than changing this value.

### clients

A list of clients to configure. The options for each client are described below.

#### id

<div markdown="1">
type: string
{: .label .label-config .label-purple } 
required: yes
{: .label .label-config .label-red }
</div>

The Client ID for this client. It must exactly match the Client ID configured in the application
consuming this client.

#### description

<div markdown="1">
type: string
{: .label .label-config .label-purple } 
default: *same as id*
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

A friendly description for this client shown in the UI. This defaults to the same as the ID.

#### secret

<div markdown="1">
type: string
{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
required: yes
{: .label .label-config .label-red }
</div>

The shared secret between Authelia and the application consuming this client. This secret must
match the secret configured in the application. Currently this is stored in plain text.
You must [generate this option yourself](#generating-a-random-secret).

#### authorization_policy

<div markdown="1">
type: string
{: .label .label-config .label-purple } 
default: two_factor
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

The authorization policy for this client: either `one_factor` or `two_factor`.

#### redirect_uris

<div markdown="1">
type: list(string)
{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
required: yes
{: .label .label-config .label-red }
</div>

A list of valid callback URL´s this client will redirect to. All other callbacks will be considered
unsafe. The URL's are case-sensitive and they differ from application to application - the community has
provided [a list of URL´s for common applications](../../community/oidc-integrations.md).

#### scopes

<div markdown="1">
type: list(string)
{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
default: openid, groups, profile, email
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

A list of scopes to allow this client to consume. See [scope definitions](#scope-definitions) for more
information. The documentation for the application you want to use with Authelia will most-likely provide
you with the scopes to allow.

#### grant_types

<div markdown="1">
type: list(string)
{: .label .label-config .label-purple } 
default: refresh_token, authorization_code
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

A list of grant types this client can return. _It is recommended that this isn't configured at this time unless you
know what you're doing_. Valid options are: `implicit`, `refresh_token`, `authorization_code`, `password`,
`client_credentials`.

#### response_types

<div markdown="1">
type: list(string)
{: .label .label-config .label-purple } 
default: code
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

A list of response types this client can return. _It is recommended that this isn't configured at this time unless you 
know what you're doing_. Valid options are: `code`, `code id_token`, `id_token`, `token id_token`, `token`,
`token id_token code`.

#### response_modes

<div markdown="1">
type: list(string)
{: .label .label-config .label-purple } 
default: form_post, query, fragment
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

A list of response modes this client can return. It is recommended that this isn't configured at this time unless you
know what you're doing. Potential values are `form_post`, `query`, and `fragment`.

#### userinfo_signing_algorithm

<div markdown="1">
type: string
{: .label .label-config .label-purple } 
default: none
{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
required: no
{: .label .label-config .label-green }
</div>

The algorithm used to sign the userinfo endpoint responses. This can either be `none` or `RS256`. 

## Generating a random secret

If you must provide a random secret in configuration, you can generate a random string of sufficient length. The command

```sh
LENGTH=64
tr -cd '[:alnum:]' < /dev/urandom | fold -w "${LENGTH}" | head -n 1 | tr -d '\n' ; echo
```

prints such a string with a length in characters of `${LENGTH}` on `stdout`. The string will only contain alphanumeric
characters. For Kubernetes, see [this section too](../secrets.md#Kubernetes).

## Scope Definitions

### openid

This is the default scope for openid. This field is forced on every client by the configuration
validation that Authelia does.

|JWT Field|JWT Type     |Authelia Attribute|Description                                  |
|:-------:|:-----------:|:----------------:|:-------------------------------------------:|
|sub      |string       |Username          |The username the user used to login with     |
|scope    |string       |scopes            |Granted scopes (space delimited)             |
|scp      |array[string]|scopes            |Granted scopes                               |
|iss      |string       |hostname          |The issuer name, determined by URL           |
|at_hash  |string       |_N/A_             |Access Token Hash                            |
|aud      |array[string]|_N/A_             |Audience                                     |
|exp      |number       |_N/A_             |Expires                                      |
|auth_time|number       |_N/A_             |The time the user authenticated with Authelia|
|rat      |number       |_N/A_             |The time when the token was requested        |
|iat      |number       |_N/A_             |The time when the token was issued           |
|jti      |string(uuid) |_N/A_             |JWT Identifier                               |

### groups

This scope includes the groups the authentication backend reports the user is a member of in the token.

|JWT Field|JWT Type     |Authelia Attribute|Description           |
|:-------:|:-----------:|:----------------:|:--------------------:|
|groups   |array[string]|Groups            |The users display name|

### email

This scope includes the email information the authentication backend reports about the user in the token.

|JWT Field     |JWT Type     |Authelia Attribute|Description                                              |
|:------------:|:-----------:|:----------------:|:-------------------------------------------------------:|
|email         |string       |email[0]          |The first email address in the list of emails            |
|email_verified|bool         |_N/A_             |If the email is verified, assumed true for the time being|
|alt_emails    |array[string]|email[1:]         |All email addresses that are not in the email JWT field  |

### profile

This scope includes the profile information the authentication backend reports about the user in the token.

|JWT Field|JWT Type|Authelia Attribute|Description           |
|:-------:|:------:|:----------------:|:--------------------:|
|name     |string  | display_name     |The users display name|

## Endpoint Implementations

This is a table of the endpoints we currently support and their paths. This can be requrired information for some RP's,
particularly those that don't use [discovery](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html). The paths are
appended to the end of the primary URL used to access Authelia. For example in the Discovery example provided you access
Authelia via https://auth.example.com, the discovery URL is https://auth.example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration.

|Endpoint     |Path                            |
|:-----------:|:------------------------------:|
|Discovery    |.well-known/openid-configuration|
|JWKS         |api/oidc/jwks                   |
|Authorization|api/oidc/authorize              |
|Token        |api/oidc/token                  |
|Introspection|api/oidc/introspect             |
|Revoke       |api/oidc/revoke                 |
|Userinfo     |api/oidc/userinfo               |

[//]: # (Links)

[OpenID Connect]: https://openid.net/connect/
[token lifespan]: https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/antipatterns/oauth-long-expiration