eDescription
OpenID Connect is a simple identity layer on top of the OAuth 2.0 protocol, which allows computing clients to verify the identity of an end-user based on the authentication performed by an authorization server, as well as to obtain basic profile information about the end-user in an interoperable and REST-like manner. In technical terms, OpenID Connect specifies a RESTful HTTP API, using JSON as a data format.
OpenID Connect allows a range of clients, including Web-based, mobile, and JavaScript clients, to request and receive information about authenticated sessions and end-users. The specification suite is extensible, supporting optional features such as encryption of identity data, discovery of OpenID Providers, and session management.
To configure translate5 to work with OpenId connect is very simple. Navigate to the clients tab in your translate5 instance, and under the OpenId connect field-set there are OpenId configuration fields that need to be set.
translate5 domain: the used translate5 instance url (ex: https://translate5.net/). This is also the url which the user will be redirected to after the OpenId authentication.
OpenId server: OpenId authentication server url (ex: https://accounts.google.com)
OpenId user name: OpenId authentication server username
(the user name that allows the openId client application to connect to the API of the openId server; do NOT mix this up with the username of the user, that wants to authenticate!)
OpenId password: OpenId authentication server password
(the password that allows the openId client application to connect to the API of the openId server; do NOT mix this up with the password of the user, that wants to authenticate!)
OpenId OAuth URL: OpenId authentication server OAuth url (ex: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth). Also used to fetch the openid server properties (ex: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth/.well-known/openid-configuration)
System Roles: translate5 internal user roles, which will be assigned to the user logged in via openid connect. If the openid server is configured to do role-based authentication/authorization, the roles coming from the response will be validated by translate5 and applied to the user.
Link text on login page: Label text on the login page of translate5. A click on it redirects the user to the configured openid server for authentication, instead of using translate5 for authentication. If the checbox below the field "Link text on login page" is checked, the user will directly be redirected to the openid server for authentication/authorization and will never see the translate5 login page.