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stage: Release
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group: Release
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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---
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# Vault Authentication with GitLab OpenID Connect **(FREE)**
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[Vault](https://www.vaultproject.io/) is a secrets management application offered by HashiCorp.
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It allows you to store and manage sensitive information such as secret environment variables, encryption keys, and authentication tokens.
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Vault offers Identity-based Access, which means Vault users can authenticate through several of their preferred cloud providers.
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This document explains how Vault users can authenticate themselves through GitLab by utilizing our OpenID authentication feature.
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The following assumes you already have Vault installed and running.
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1. **Get the OpenID Connect client ID and secret from GitLab:**
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First you must create a GitLab application to obtain an application ID and secret for authenticating into Vault.
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To do this, sign in to GitLab and follow these steps:
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1. In the top-right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Applications**.
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1. Fill out the application **Name** and [**Redirect URI**](https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/auth/jwt#redirect-uris).
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1. Select the **OpenID** scope.
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1. Select **Save application**.
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1. Copy client ID and secret, or keep the page open for reference.
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1. **Enable OIDC auth on Vault:**
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OpenID Connect is not enabled in Vault by default. This needs to be enabled in the terminal.
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Open a terminal session and run the following command to enable the OpenID Connect authentication provider in Vault:
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```shell
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vault auth enable oidc
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```
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You should see the following output in the terminal:
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```plaintext
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Success! Enabled oidc auth method at: oidc/
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```
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1. **Write the OIDC configuration:**
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Next, Vault needs to be given the application ID and secret generated by GitLab.
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In the terminal session, run the following command to give Vault access to the GitLab application you've just created with an OpenID scope. This allows Vault to authenticate through GitLab.
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Replace `your_application_id` and `your_secret` in the example below with the application ID and secret generated for your app:
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```shell
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$ vault write auth/oidc/config \
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oidc_discovery_url="https://gitlab.com" \
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oidc_client_id="your_application_id" \
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oidc_client_secret="your_secret" \
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default_role="demo" \
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bound_issuer="localhost"
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```
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You should see the following output in the terminal:
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```shell
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Success! Data written to: auth/oidc/config
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```
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1. **Write the OIDC Role Configuration:**
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Now that Vault has a GitLab application ID and secret, it needs to know the [**Redirect URIs**](https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/auth/jwt#redirect-uris) and scopes given to GitLab during the application creation process. The redirect URIs need to match where your Vault instance is running. The `oidc_scopes` field needs to include the `openid`. Similarly to the previous step, replace `your_application_id` with the generated application ID from GitLab:
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This configuration is saved under the name of the role you are creating. In this case, we are creating a `demo` role. Later, we show how you can access this role through the Vault CLI.
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WARNING:
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If you're using a public GitLab instance (GitLab.com or any other instance publicly
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accessible), it's paramount to specify the `bound_claims` to allow access only to
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members of your group/project. Otherwise, anyone with a public account can access
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your Vault instance.
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```shell
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vault write auth/oidc/role/demo -<<EOF
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{
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"user_claim": "sub",
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"allowed_redirect_uris": "your_vault_instance_redirect_uris",
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"bound_audiences": "your_application_id",
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"oidc_scopes": "openid",
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"role_type": "oidc",
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"policies": "demo",
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"ttl": "1h",
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"bound_claims": { "groups": ["yourGroup/yourSubgrup"] }
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}
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EOF
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```
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1. **Sign in to Vault:**
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1. Go to your Vault UI (example: [http://127.0.0.1:8200/ui/vault/auth?with=oidc](http://127.0.0.1:8200/ui/vault/auth?with=oidc)).
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1. If the `OIDC` method is not currently selected, open the dropdown and select it.
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1. Click the **Sign in With GitLab** button, which opens a modal window:
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1. Click **Authorize** on the modal to allow Vault to sign in through GitLab. This redirects you back to your Vault UI as a signed-in user.
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1. **Sign in using the Vault CLI** (optional):
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Vault also allows you to sign in via their CLI.
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After writing the same configurations from above, you can run the command below in your terminal to sign in with the role configuration created in step 4 above:
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```shell
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vault login -method=oidc port=8250 role=demo
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```
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Here's a short explanation of what this command does:
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1. In the **Write the OIDC Role Configuration** (step 4), we created a role called
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`demo`. We set `role=demo` so Vault knows which configuration we'd like to
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sign in with.
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1. To set Vault to use the `OIDC` sign-in method, we set `-method=oidc`.
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1. To set the port that GitLab should redirect to, we set `port=8250` or
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another port number that matches the port given to GitLab when listing
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[Redirect URIs](https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/auth/jwt#redirect-uris).
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After running the command, it presents a link in the terminal.
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Click the link in the terminal and a browser tab opens that confirms you're signed into Vault via OIDC:
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The terminal outputs:
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```plaintext
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Success! You are now authenticated. The token information displayed below
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is already stored in the token helper. You do NOT need to run "vault login"
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again. Future Vault requests will automatically use this token.
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```
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