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Configuring Vault as an identity provider
Blog post from HashiCorp
Post Details
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Date Published
Author
Rob Barnes
Word Count
2,985
Language
English
Hacker News Points
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Summary
This blog post discusses how to configure HashiCorp Vault as an identity provider (IdP) for your applications, allowing businesses and their customers to delegate user authentication implementation to a specialist platform like Vault. It explains the OpenID Connect (OIDC) workflow and how Vault can act as an OIDC provider, enabling secrets management and identity servers through one platform. The post also provides step-by-step instructions on configuring Vault as an OIDC provider and building an application as a relying party, including user registration and authentication processes.