Chapter 3. Authentication and authorization for hosted control planes
The OpenShift Container Platform control plane includes a built-in OAuth server. You can obtain OAuth access tokens to authenticate to the OpenShift Container Platform API. After you create your hosted cluster, you can configure OAuth by specifying an identity provider.
3.1. Configuring the OAuth server for a hosted cluster by using the CLI
You can configure the internal OAuth server for your hosted cluster by using an OpenID Connect identity provider (oidc
).
You can configure OAuth for the following supported identity providers:
-
oidc
-
htpasswd
-
keystone
-
ldap
-
basic-authentication
-
request-header
-
github
-
gitlab
-
google
Adding any identity provider in the OAuth configuration removes the default kubeadmin
user provider.
When you configure identity providers, you must have at least one NodePool
replica in your hosted cluster. However, the htpasswd
and request-header
identity providers do not need the NodePool
replicas.
Prerequisites
- You created your hosted cluster.
Procedure
Edit the
HostedCluster
custom resource (CR) on the hosting cluster by running the following command:$ oc edit <hosted_cluster_name> -n <hosted_cluster_namespace>
Add the OAuth configuration in the
HostedCluster
CR by using the following example:apiVersion: hypershift.openshift.io/v1alpha1 kind: HostedCluster metadata: name: <hosted_cluster_name> 1 namespace: <hosted_cluster_namespace> 2 spec: configuration: oauth: identityProviders: - openID: 3 claims: email: 4 - <email_address> name: 5 - <display_name> preferredUsername: 6 - <preferred_username> clientID: <client_id> 7 clientSecret: name: <client_id_secret_name> 8 issuer: https://example.com/identity 9 mappingMethod: lookup 10 name: IAM type: OpenID
- 1
- Specifies your hosted cluster name.
- 2
- Specifies your hosted cluster namespace.
- 3
- This provider name is prefixed to the value of the identity claim to form an identity name. The provider name is also used to build the redirect URL.
- 4
- Defines a list of attributes to use as the email address.
- 5
- Defines a list of attributes to use as a display name.
- 6
- Defines a list of attributes to use as a preferred user name.
- 7
- Defines the ID of a client registered with the OpenID provider. You must allow the client to redirect to the
https://oauth-openshift.apps.<cluster_name>.<cluster_domain>/oauth2callback/<idp_provider_name>
URL. - 8
- Defines a secret of a client registered with the OpenID provider.
- 9
- The Issuer Identifier described in the OpenID spec. You must use
https
without query or fragment component. - 10
- Defines a mapping method that controls how mappings are established between identities of this provider and
User
objects.
- Save the file to apply the changes.
3.2. Configuring the OAuth server for a hosted cluster by using the web console
You can configure the internal OAuth server for your hosted cluster by using the OpenShift Container Platform web console.
You can configure OAuth for the following supported identity providers:
-
oidc
-
htpasswd
-
keystone
-
ldap
-
basic-authentication
-
request-header
-
github
-
gitlab
-
google
Adding any identity provider in the OAuth configuration removes the default kubeadmin
user provider.
When you configure identity providers, you must have at least one NodePool
replica in your hosted cluster. However, the htpasswd
and request-header
identity providers do not need the NodePool
replicas.
Prerequisites
-
You logged in as a user with
cluster-admin
privileges. - You created your hosted cluster.
Procedure
-
Navigate to Home
API Explorer. -
Use the Filter by kind box to search for your
HostedCluster
resource. -
Click the
HostedCluster
resource that you want to edit. - Click the Instances tab.
- Click the Options menu next to your hosted cluster name entry and click Edit HostedCluster.
Add the OAuth configuration in the YAML file:
spec: configuration: oauth: identityProviders: - openID: 1 claims: email: 2 - <email_address> name: 3 - <display_name> preferredUsername: 4 - <preferred_username> clientID: <client_id> 5 clientSecret: name: <client_id_secret_name> 6 issuer: https://example.com/identity 7 mappingMethod: lookup 8 name: IAM type: OpenID
- 1
- This provider name is prefixed to the value of the identity claim to form an identity name. The provider name is also used to build the redirect URL.
- 2
- Defines a list of attributes to use as the email address.
- 3
- Defines a list of attributes to use as a display name.
- 4
- Defines a list of attributes to use as a preferred user name.
- 5
- Defines the ID of a client registered with the OpenID provider. You must allow the client to redirect to the
https://oauth-openshift.apps.<cluster_name>.<cluster_domain>/oauth2callback/<idp_provider_name>
URL. - 6
- Defines a secret of a client registered with the OpenID provider.
- 7
- The Issuer Identifier described in the OpenID spec. You must use
https
without query or fragment component. - 8
- Defines a mapping method that controls how mappings are established between identities of this provider and
User
objects.
- Click Save.
Additional resources
- To know more about supported identity providers, see "Understanding identity provider configuration" in Authentication and authorization.