Configuring a OpenID Connect identity provider

You can configure a Keycloak server as an OpenID Connect identity provider for OKD.

ID Token and UserInfo decryptions are not supported.

By default, the openid scope is requested. If required, extra scopes can be specified in the extraScopes field.

Claims are read from the JWT id_token returned from the OpenID identity provider and, if specified, from the JSON returned by the UserInfo URL.

At least one claim must be configured to use as the user’s identity. The standard identity claim is sub.

You can also indicate which claims to use as the user’s preferred user name, display name, and email address. If multiple claims are specified, the first one with a non-empty value is used. The standard claims are:

Claim	Description
`sub`	Short for “subject identifier.” The remote identity for the user at the issuer.
`preferred_username`	The preferred user name when provisioning a user. A shorthand name that the user wants to be referred to as, such as `janedoe`. Typically a value that corresponding to the user’s login or username in the authentication system, such as username or email.
`email`	Email address.
`name`	Display name.

See the for more information.

By default, only a kubeadmin user exists on your cluster. To specify an identity provider, you must create a custom resource (CR) that describes that identity provider and add it to the cluster.

OKD user names containing /, :, and % are not supported.

Creating the secret

Identity providers use OKD Secret objects in the openshift-config namespace to contain the client secret, client certificates, and keys.

You can define an OKD Secret object containing a string by using the following command.
You can define an OKD Secret object containing the contents of a file, such as a certificate file, by using the following command.
```
$ oc create secret generic <secret_name> --from-file=/path/to/file -n openshift-config
```

Identity providers use OKD ConfigMap objects in the openshift-config namespace to contain the certificate authority bundle. These are primarily used to contain certificate bundles needed by the identity provider.

Procedure

Define an OKD object containing the certificate authority by using the following command. The certificate authority must be stored in the ca.crt key of the ConfigMap object.
```
$ oc create configmap ca-config-map --from-file=ca.crt=/path/to/ca -n openshift-config
```

Sample OpenID Connect CRs

The following custom resources (CRs) show the parameters and acceptable values for an OpenID Connect identity provider.

If you must specify a custom certificate bundle, extra scopes, extra authorization request parameters, or a userInfo URL, use the full OpenID Connect CR.

Standard OpenID Connect CR

1	This provider name is prefixed to the value of the identity claim to form an identity name. It is also used to build the redirect URL.
2	Controls how mappings are established between this provider’s identities and `User` objects.
3	The client ID of a client registered with the OpenID provider. The client must be allowed to redirect to `https://oauth-openshift.apps.<cluster_name>.<cluster_domain>/oauth2callback/<idp_provider_name>`.
4	Reference to an OKD `Secret` object containing the client secret.
5	List of claims to use as the identity. First non-empty claim is used. At least one claim is required. If none of the listed claims have a value, authentication fails. For example, this uses the value of the `sub` claim in the returned `id_token` as the user’s identity.
6	described in the OpenID spec. Must use `https` without query or fragment component.

Full OpenID Connect CR

apiVersion: config.openshift.io/v1
kind: OAuth
metadata:
  name: cluster
spec:
  identityProviders:
  - name: oidcidp
    type: OpenID
    openID:
      clientID: ...
      clientSecret:
        name: idp-secret
      ca: (1)
      extraScopes: (2)
      - email
      - profile
      extraAuthorizeParameters: (3)
        include_granted_scopes: "true"
      claims:
        preferredUsername: (4)
        - preferred_username
        - email
        name: (5)
        - nickname
        - name
        email: (6)
        - custom_email_claim
        - email
      issuer: https://www.idp-issuer.com

Additional resources

See Identity provider parameters for information on parameters, such as mappingMethod, that are common to all identity providers.

After you install your cluster, add an identity provider to it so your users can authenticate.

Prerequisites

Create an OKD cluster.
You must be logged in as an administrator.

Procedure

Apply the defined CR:

$ oc apply -f </path/to/CR>

If a CR does not exist, oc apply creates a new CR and might trigger the following warning: Warning: oc apply should be used on resources created by either oc create —save-config or oc apply. In this case you can safely ignore this warning.

Obtain a token from the OAuth server.

As long as the kubeadmin user has been removed, the oc login command provides instructions on how to access a web page where you can retrieve the token.

You can also access this page from the web console by navigating to (?) Help → Command Line Tools → Copy Login Command.

If your OpenID Connect identity provider supports the resource owner password credentials (ROPC) grant flow, you can log in with a user name and password. You might need to take steps to enable the ROPC grant flow for your identity provider.

After the OIDC identity provider is configured in OKD, you can log in by using the following command, which prompts for your user name and password:

Confirm that the user logged in successfully, and display the user name.
```
$ oc whoami
```

Configuring identity providers using the web console

Configure your identity provider (IDP) through the web console instead of the CLI.

Prerequisites

You must be logged in to the web console as a cluster administrator.

Procedure

Navigate to Administration → Cluster Settings.

Configuring an OpenID Connect identity provider

Configuring a OpenID Connect identity provider

Creating the secret

Sample OpenID Connect CRs

Configuring identity providers using the web console