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Configuring Vault as an identity provider

What's this blog post about?

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.

Company
HashiCorp

Date published
Sept. 18, 2024

Author(s)
Rob Barnes

Word count
2985

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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