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diff --git a/doc/integration/oauth_provider.md b/doc/integration/oauth_provider.md deleted file mode 100644 index 192c321f712..00000000000 --- a/doc/integration/oauth_provider.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,35 +0,0 @@ -## GitLab as OAuth2 authentication service provider - -This document is about using GitLab as an OAuth authentication service provider to sign into other services. -If you want to use other OAuth authentication service providers to sign into GitLab please see the [OAuth2 client documentation](../api/oauth2.md) - -OAuth2 provides client applications a 'secure delegated access' to server resources on behalf of a resource owner. Or you can allow users to sign in to your application with their GitLab.com account. -In fact OAuth allows to issue access token to third-party clients by an authorization server, -with the approval of the resource owner, or end-user. -Mostly, OAuth2 is using for SSO (Single sign-on). But you can find a lot of different usages for this functionality. -For example, our feature 'GitLab Importer' is using OAuth protocol to give an access to repositories without sharing user credentials to GitLab.com account. -Also GitLab.com application can be used for authentication to your GitLab instance if needed [GitLab OmniAuth](gitlab.md). - -GitLab has two ways to add new OAuth2 application to an instance, you can add application as regular user and through admin area. So GitLab actually can have an instance-wide and a user-wide applications. There is no defferences between them except the different permission levels. - -### Adding application through profile -Go to your profile section 'Application' and press button 'New Application' - - - -After this you will see application form, where "Name" is arbitrary name, "Redirect URI" is URL in your app where users will be sent after authorization on GitLab.com. - - - -### Authorized application -Every application you authorized will be shown in your "Authorized application" sections. - - - -At any time you can revoke access just clicking button "Revoke" - -### OAuth applications in admin area - -If you want to create application that does not belong to certain user you can create it from admin area - -
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