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SSO Authentication

Eugene edited this page Mar 23, 2024 · 10 revisions

This feature is available in v0.5+

Intro

Warpgate can use arbitrary OpenID Connect (OIDC) providers to authenticate users based on their verified emails.

OIDC providers include, but are not limited to:

  • Google Accounts
  • Sign in with Apple
  • GitLab
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Okta

Configuration

External host setting

To use SSO, Warpgate needs to know what its external hostname is. It'll try its best to figure it out based on the client's request, but it's better if you set it explicitly via the top-level external_host config option:

+ external_host: warpgate.acme.inc

external_host can include a port as well

SSO Providers

Obtaining app credentials from a provider

You'll need to register your Warpgate instance as an "app" (terminology varies per provider) at the provider and obtain a Client ID and a Client secret. You'll need to provide a Redirect URL which - which will be verified by the SSO provider.

The redirect URL for Warpgate is https://<warpgate-external-host>/@warpgate/api/sso/return.

Okta provides excellent guides on registering an app with various providers:

Adding credentials to the config file

With a Client ID and a Client Secret in hand, you can add these to the Warpgate config file:

Google

external_host: warpgate.acme.inc:8888

+ sso_providers:
+ - name: google
+   label: Google login
+   provider:
+     type: google
+     client_id: 1234...
+     client_secret: ABC...

Microsoft Azure

external_host: warpgate.acme.inc:8888

+ sso_providers:
+ - name: azure
+   provider:
+     type: azure
+     client_id: 123...
+     client_secret: ABC...
+     tenant: XYZ...

Apple (⚠️ v0.6.6+)

external_host: warpgate.acme.inc:8888

+ sso_providers:
+ - name: apple
+   label: Apple ID
+   provider:
+     type: apple
+     team_id: ABC...  # your Apple Team ID
+     client_id: com.warpgate.test  # your Service ID (not the App ID!)
+     key_id: ABC...  # the ID of the key you've created
+     client_secret: ABC...  # Base64 encoded contents of the .p8 private key file you've got from Apple

Custom

external_host: warpgate.acme.inc:8888

+ sso_providers:
+ - name: custom
+   label: ACME SSO
+   provider:
+     type: custom
+     client_id: 123...
+     client_secret: ABC...
+     issuer_url: https://sso.acme.inc,
+     scopes: ["email"],

Requiring SSO for a user

Users are linked to their SSO accounts based on their email. If the SSO provider advertises email verification status, Warpgate will require the email to be verified.

To link a user to SSO, click Add SSO in the credentials section, and then (optionally) set SSO as the only accepted credential type for HTTP connections.

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Here, we've also set SSO to be the only allowed login credential for HTTP auth, and have set SSH to use out-of-band web authentication.

In-browser auth (OOB web authentication) means that Warpgate will send a login link to the SSH client and will wait for the user to authenticate themselves in a browser. The auth requirements will be the same as set for the http protocol.

❯ ssh cwilde:tnt@warpgate.acme.inc -p 2222   
----------------------------------------------------------------
Warpgate authentication: please open https://warpgate.acme.inc:8888/@warpgate#/login/31282192-ad29-4fa7-bdc2-5b481d531e58 in your browser
----------------------------------------------------------------

(cwilde:tnt@warpgate.acme.inc) Press Enter when done: 
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Setting roles via SSO (⚠️ v0.10+)

With custom type OIDC providers, Warpgate can also sync the user's role memberships when they log in.

For that, your provider must set a warpgate_roles OIDC claim (a JSON array of role names) either in the ID Token or the UserInfo response. By default, Warpgate will use these names as-is and completely overwrite the user's memberships.

You can also set role_mappings in the provider's configuration to explicitly map claim values to role names. In this case, only the roles mentioned here will be synced SSO, and the memberships in other roles won't be affected. For example:

- name: oidc-custom
  label: Custom SSO
  provider:
    type: custom
    client_id: ...
    client_secret: ...
    issuer_url: ...
    scopes: []
    role_mappings:
      'QA group': 'qa'
      Admins: 'warpgate:admin'