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# Authentication through GitHub
## Overview
One of the login options for dex uses the GitHub OAuth2 flow to identify the end user through their GitHub account.
When a client redeems a refresh token through dex, dex will re-query GitHub to update user information in the ID Token. To do this, __dex stores a readonly GitHub access token in its backing datastore.__ Users that reject dex's access through GitHub will also revoke all dex clients which authenticated them through GitHub.
## Configuration
Register a new application with [GitHub][github-oauth2] ensuring the callback URL is `(dex issuer)/callback`. For example if dex is listening at the non-root path `https://auth.example.com/dex` the callback would be `https://auth.example.com/dex/callback`.
The following is an example of a configuration for `examples/config-dev.yaml`:
```yaml
connectors:
- type: github
id: github
name: GitHub
config:
# Credentials can be string literals or pulled from the environment.
clientID: $GITHUB_CLIENT_ID
clientSecret: $GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET
redirectURI: http://127.0.0.1:5556/dex/callback
# Optional organization to pull teams from, communicate through the
# "groups" scope.
#
# NOTE: This is an EXPERIMENTAL config option and will likely change.
org: my-oranization
```
[github-oauth2]: https://github.com/settings/applications/new