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title: External Identity Providers
sidebarTitle: External identity providers
---
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You can connect Sourcebot to various **external identity providers** to associate a Sourcebot user with one or more external service accounts (ex. Google, GitHub, etc).
External identity providers can be used for [authentication](/docs/configuration/auth) and/or [permission syncing](/docs/features/permission-syncing). They're defined in the
[config file](/docs/configuration/config-file) in the top-level `identityProviders` object:
```json wrap icon="code" Example config with both google and github identity providers defined
{
"$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/main/schemas/v3/index.json",
"identityProviders": [
{
"provider": "github",
"purpose": "integration",
"required": true,
/*
Secrets are provided through environment variables. Set the secret into
an env var and provide the name here to tell Sourcebot where to get
the value
*/
"clientId": {
"env": "GITHUB_IDENTITY_PROVIDER_CLIENT_ID"
},
"clientSecret": {
"env": "GITHUB_IDENTITY_PROVIDER_CLIENT_SECRET"
}
},
{
"provider": "google",
"clientId": {
"env": "GOOGLE_IDENTITY_PROVIDER_CLIENT_ID"
},
"clientSecret": {
"env": "GOOGLE_IDENTITY_PROVIDER_CLIENT_SECRET"
}
}
]
}
```
# Supported External Identity Providers
Sourcebot uses [Auth.js](https://authjs.dev/) to connect to external identity providers. If there's a provider supported by Auth.js that you don't see below, please submit a
[feature request](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/issues) to have it added.
### GitHub
[Auth.js GitHub Provider Docs](https://authjs.dev/getting-started/providers/github)
A GitHub connection can be used for either [authentication](/docs/configuration/auth) or [permission syncing](/docs/features/permission-syncing). This is controlled using the `purpose` field
in the GitHub identity provider config.
<Accordion title="instructions">
<Steps>
<Step title="Register an Oauth Client">
To begin, you must register an Oauth client in GitHub to faciliate the identity provider connection. You can do this by creating a **GitHub App** or a **GitHub OAuth App**. Either
one works, but the **GitHub App** is the [modern way](https://docs.github.com/en/apps/oauth-apps/building-oauth-apps/differences-between-github-apps-and-oauth-apps).
The result of registering an OAuth client is a `CLIENT_ID` and `CLIENT_SECRET` which you'll provide to Sourcebot.
<Tabs>
<Tab title="GitHub App">
<Note>You don't need to install the app to use it as an external identity provider</Note>
Follow [this guide](https://docs.github.com/en/apps/creating-github-apps/registering-a-github-app/registering-a-github-app) to register a new GitHub App.
When asked to provide a callback url, provide `<sourcebot_url>/api/auth/callback/github` (ex. https://sourcebot.coolcorp.com/api/auth/callback/github)
Set the following fine-grained permissions in the GitHub App:
- `“Email addresses” account permissions (read)`
</Tab>
<Tab title="GitHub OAuth App">
Follow [this guide](https://docs.github.com/en/apps/oauth-apps/building-oauth-apps/creating-an-oauth-app) by GitHub to create an OAuth App.
When asked to provide a callback url, provide `<sourcebot_url>/api/auth/callback/github` (ex. https://sourcebot.coolcorp.com/api/auth/callback/github)
</Tab>
</Tabs>
</Step>
<Step title="Define environemnt variables">
To provide Sourcebot the client id and secret for your OAuth client you must set them as environment variables. These can be named whatever you like
(ex. `GITHUB_IDENTITY_PROVIDER_CLIENT_ID` and `GITHUB_IDENTITY_PROVIDER_CLIENT_SECRET`)
</Step>
<Step title="Define the identity provider config">
Finally, pass the client id and secret to Sourcebot by defining a `identityProvider` object in the [config file](/docs/configuration/config-file):
```json wrap icon="code"
{
"$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/main/schemas/v3/index.json",
"identityProviders": [
{
"provider": "github",
// "sso" for auth + perm sync, "integration" for only perm sync
"purpose": "integration",
// if purpose == "integration" this controls if a user must connect to the IdP
"required": true,
"clientId": {
"env": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID_ENV_VAR"
},
"clientSecret": {
"env": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET_ENV_VAR"
}
}
]
}
```
</Step>
</Steps>
</Accordion>
### GitLab
### Google
### Okta
### Keycloak
### Microsoft Entra ID