Authentication

This page gathers all the resources for the topic Authentication within GitLab.

GitLab users

• SSH
• Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
• Why do I keep getting signed out?
• Articles:
  • Support for Universal 2nd Factor Authentication - YubiKeys
  • Security Webcast with Yubico
• Integrations:
  • GitLab as OAuth2 authentication service provider
  • GitLab as OpenID Connect identity provider

GitLab administrators

• LDAP (Community Edition)
• LDAP (Enterprise Edition) (STARTER)
• Enforce Two-factor Authentication (2FA)
• Articles:
  • How to Configure LDAP with GitLab CE
  • How to Configure LDAP with GitLab EE (STARTER)
  • Feature Highlight: LDAP Integration
  • Debugging LDAP
• Integrations:
  • OmniAuth
  • Authentiq OmniAuth Provider
  • Atlassian Crowd OmniAuth Provider
  • CAS OmniAuth Provider
  • SAML OmniAuth Provider
  • SAML for GitLab.com Groups (SILVER ONLY)
  • SCIM user provisioning for GitLab.com Groups (SILVER ONLY)
  • Okta SSO provider
  • Kerberos integration (GitLab EE) (STARTER)

API

• OAuth 2 Tokens
• Personal access tokens
• Project access tokens (CORE ONLY)
• Impersonation tokens
• GitLab as an OAuth2 provider

Third-party resources

• Kanboard Plugin GitLab Authentication
• Jenkins GitLab OAuth Plugin
• How to customize GitLab to support OpenID authentication
• OKD - Configuring Authentication and User Agent