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Eric Stroczynski 9d154802a2 connector/github: multiple orgs, query by teams
Documentation: examples of GitHub `orgs` field with multiple orgs
and org with teams; note legacy behavior
2017-08-08 10:57:42 -07:00

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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.
## Caveats
* Please note that in order for a user to be authenticated via GitHub, the user needs to mark their email id as public on GitHub. This will enable the API to return the user's email to Dex.
## 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
# Required field for connector id.
id: github
# Required field for connector name.
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 organizations and teams, communicated through the "groups" scope.
#
# NOTE: This is an EXPERIMENTAL config option and will likely change.
#
# Legacy 'org' field. 'org' and 'orgs' cannot be used simultaneously. A user
# MUST be a member of the following org to authenticate with dex.
# org: my-organization
#
# Dex queries the following organizations for group information if the
# "groups" scope is provided. Group claims are formatted as "(org):(team)".
# For example if a user is part of the "engineering" team of the "coreos"
# org, the group claim would include "coreos:engineering".
#
# A user MUST be a member of at least one of the following orgs to
# authenticate with dex.
orgs:
- name: my-organization
# Include all teams as claims.
- name: my-organization-with-teams
# A white list of teams. Only include group claims for these teams.
teams:
- read-team
- blue-team
```
## GitHub Enterprise
Users can use their GitHub Enterprise account to login to dex. The following configuration can be used to enable a GitHub Enterprise connector on dex:
```yaml
connectors:
- type: github
# Required field for connector id.
id: github
# Required field for connector name.
name: GitHub
config:
# Required fields. Dex must be pre-registered with GitHub Enterprise
# to get the following values.
# 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 organizations and teams, communicated through the "groups" scope.
#
# NOTE: This is an EXPERIMENTAL config option and will likely change.
#
# Legacy 'org' field. 'org' and 'orgs' cannot be used simultaneously. A user
# MUST be a member of the following org to authenticate with dex.
# org: my-organization
#
# Dex queries the following organizations for group information if the
# "groups" scope is provided. Group claims are formatted as "(org):(team)".
# For example if a user is part of the "engineering" team of the "coreos"
# org, the group claim would include "coreos:engineering".
#
# A user MUST be a member of at least one of the following orgs to
# authenticate with dex.
orgs:
- name: my-organization
# Include all teams as claims.
- name: my-organization-with-teams
# A white list of teams. Only include group claims for these teams.
teams:
- read-team
- blue-team
# Required ONLY for GitHub Enterprise.
# This is the Hostname of the GitHub Enterprise account listed on the
# management console. Ensure this domain is routable on your network.
hostName: git.example.com
# ONLY for GitHub Enterprise. Optional field.
# Used to support self-signed or untrusted CA root certificates.
rootCA: /etc/dex/ca.crt
```
[github-oauth2]: https://github.com/settings/applications/new