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diff --git a/doc/api/oauth2.md b/doc/api/oauth2.md index 7bb391054ce..d416a826f79 100644 --- a/doc/api/oauth2.md +++ b/doc/api/oauth2.md @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ -# OAuth2 authentication +# GitLab as an OAuth2 client -OAuth2 is a protocol that enables us to get access to private details of user's account without getting its password. +This document is about using other OAuth authentication service providers to sign into GitLab. +If you want GitLab to be an OAuth authentication service provider to sign into other services please see the [Oauth2 provider documentation](../integration/oauth_provider.md). -Before using the OAuth2 you should create an application in user's account. Each application getting unique App ID and App Secret parameters. You should not share them. +OAuth2 is a protocol that enables us to authenticate a user without requiring them to give their password. + +Before using the OAuth2 you should create an application in user's account. Each application gets a unique App ID and App Secret parameters. You should not share these. This functionality is based on [doorkeeper gem](https://github.com/doorkeeper-gem/doorkeeper) ## Web Application Flow -This flow is using for authentication from third-party web sites and probably is most used. +This flow is using for authentication from third-party web sites and is probably used the most. It basically consists of an exchange of an authorization token for an access token. For more detailed info, check out the [RFC spec here](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-4.1) This flow consists from 3 steps. |