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To enable OAuth support for your client application, you must first register your application by providing an application name. For code and implicit grant types, you have to provide a callback URL. Follow the instructions below to add a new application.

  1. Expand the OAuth/OpenID Connect Configuration and click Configure.
  2. Fill in the form that appears. For the Allowed Grant Types you can disable the ones you do not require or wish to block.

    Click Add. The following information is added for your service provider.
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  3. OAuth Client Key - This is the client key of the service provider, which will be checked for authentication by the Identity Server before providing the access token.
  4. OAuth Client Secret - This is the client secret of the service provider, which will be checked for authentication by the Identity Server before providing the access token. Click the Show button to view the exact value of this.

    TipTip: The OAuth client key and client secret are stored in plain text. To encrypt the client secret, access token and refresh token, do the following:Open the identity.xml file found in the <IS_HOME>/repository/conf/identity directory and change the <TokenPersistenceProcessor> property as follows:
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    <TokenPersistenceProcessor>org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth.tokenprocessor.EncryptionDecryptionPersistenceProcessor</TokenPersistenceProcessor>

    When filling out the New Application form, the following details should be taken into consideration.

    FieldNotes
    OAuth Version

    Selecting OAuth Version as 1.0a removes all the configurable Allowed Grant Types. This is because this version of OAuth does not support grant types.

    Callback Url

    This is the exact location in the service provider's application where an access token would be sent. This is a required field (if the grant type is anything other than 'Code' or 'Implicit') and it is important to configure, as it is imperative that the service provider receives the access token. This is necessary for security purposes to ensure that the token is not compromised.

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    titleConfigure multiple callback URLs

    From IS 5.2.0 onwards, regex based consumer URLs are supported when defining the callback URL.This enables you to configure multiple callback URLs for one application by entering a regex pattern as the value for the callback URL field.
    For example, if you have two service providers that use the same application, you can now define a regex pattern which will work for both callback URLs instead of having to configure two different applications for the two service providers. Assume the two callback URLs for your two service providers are as follows:

    To configure the callback URL to work for both of these URLs, set it using a regex pattern as follows:

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    regexp=(https://myapp.com/callback|https://testapp:8000/callback)
    Note

    You must have the prefix 'regexp=' before your regex pattern. To define a normal URL, you can specify the callback URL without this prefix.

    You can also configure a regex pattern that contains dynamic values as seen below.

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    regexp=https://mchcon.clance.local\?id=(.*)
    Allowed Grant Types - The following are the grant types that are used to get the access token:
    Code

    Entering the

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  1. username and password required at the service provider will result in a code being generated. This code can be used to obtain the access token.

    Implicit

    This is similar to the code grant type, but instead of generating a code, this directly provides the access token.

    Password

    This authenticates the user using the password provided and the access token is provided.

    Client CredentialThis is the grant type for the client key and client secret. If these two items are provided correctly by the service provider, the access token is sent.
    Refresh Token This will enable the user to obtain an access token by using the refresh token once the originally provided access token is used up.
    SAML 

    This uses SAML as the grant type to obtain the access token.

    IWA-NTLMThis is similar to the password grant type, but it is specific to Microsoft Windows users.
    PKCE MandatoryCheck this if you are using the Code grant type. PKCE is a recommended security measure used to mitigate a code interception attack. See Mitigating Authorization Code Interception Attacks for more information.
    Support PKCE 'Plain' Transform AlgorithmCheck this if you are using PKCE.
  2. Click Add. The following information is added for your service provider.
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    • OAuth Client Key - This is the client key of the service provider, which will be checked for authentication by the Identity Server before providing the access token.
    • OAuth Client Secret - This is the client secret of the service provider, which will be checked for authentication by the Identity Server before providing the access token. Click the Show button to view the exact value of this.

      Tip

      Tip: The OAuth client key and client secret are stored in plain text. To encrypt the client secret, access token and refresh token, do the following:

      Open the identity.xml file found in the <IS_HOME>/repository/conf/identity directory and change the <TokenPersistenceProcessor> property as follows:

      Code Block
      languagexml
      <TokenPersistenceProcessor>org.wso2.carbon.identity.oauth.tokenprocessor.EncryptionDecryptionPersistenceProcessor</TokenPersistenceProcessor>
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titleRelated Topics

See Configuring OpenID Connect Single Logout to configure single logout or session management with OpenID Connect.

See Delegated Access Control for more information on working with OAuth2/OpenIDConnect. See the following topics for samples of configuring delegated access control: