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OpenID Connect

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You can use OpenID Connect single sign-on with Management Center.

Setting Up the OpenID Connect Security Provider

To set up OpenID Connect, you need to configure settings either in the UI or the mc-conf tool.

  • UI

  • mc-conf

Go to Settings > Security Providers > OpenID Connect.

OpenID Connect Configuration

Use the oidc configure task. For help, use the -h flag or see Management Center Configuration Tool.

Linux and macOS
mc-conf.sh oidc configure
Windows
mc-conf.bat oidc configure

  • Client ID: The OAuth2 client ID that you obtain from your OpenID provider.

  • Client Secret: The OAuth2 client secret you obtain from your OpenID provider.

  • Authorization Endpoint: Authorization endpoint URL of your OpenID provider.

  • User Info Endpoint: User info endpoint URL of your OpenID provider.

  • Token Endpoint: Token endpoint URL of your OpenID provider.

  • JWK Set Endpoint: JWK set endpoint URL of your OpenID provider.

  • Issuer: Issuer identifier of your OpenID provider. It is usually (but not always) a URL.

  • Redirect URL: URL of the Management Center endpoint that handles responses to authentication requests, including schema (http:// or https://) and port. It is located under the path /oidc/auth, so you should append /oidc/auth to the Management Center URL. Your OpenID provider should have access to this URL as it will post back responses to authentication requests to this URL. For example, if Management Center and the OpenID provider are on the same machine, you would enter “http://127.0.0.1:8080/oidc/auth”.

  • Groups Claim Name: Name of the claim that contains group(s) of the user.

  • JWS Algorithm: JWS algorithm to use.

  • UserInfo Request HTTP Method: HTTP method to use for sending a UserInfo request. Either GET or POST. Default value is GET. Note that IBM MCM requires this to be POST.

  • Send Client Info in Token Request: Whether Management Center should send client ID and client secret as extra parameters in the token request. No by default. Note that IBM MCM requires these extra parameters in its token endpoint, so it should be Yes when deployed there.

  • Admin Groups: Members of this group have admin privileges on the Management Center. To use more than one group, separate them with the group name separator you have configured.

  • User Groups: Members of this group have read and write privileges on the Management Center. To use more than one group, separate them with the group name separator you have configured.

  • Read-only User Groups: Members of this group have only read privilege on the Management Center. To use more than one group, separate them with the group name separator you have configured.

  • Metrics-only Groups: Members of this group have the privilege to see only the metrics on the Management Center. To use more than one group, separate them with the group name separator you have configured.

If the user has more than one authority, Management Center uses the highest one.

Once you configure OpenID Connect, a button for single sign-on will be shown in the login page. Clicking it will start the OpenID Connect single sign-on process. If you don’t have an existing session with your OpenID provider, you will be taken to the login page of your OpenID provider. Once you log into your OpenID provider, you will be redirected back to Management Center as a logged in user.

Management Center uses the sub claim to determine the user’s ID and the preferred_username claim to determine which username to show in the user interface. Make sure your OpenID provider returns these two claims, when asked.

Creating and Managing Users

To create and manage additional users, you must register them with your OpenID Connect provider.

When creating users, be sure to give them a valid role. See User Management.

Next Steps

For details about the mc-conf tool, see Management Center Configuration Tool.

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