Introduction
OpenStackID Idp (Identity Provider) supports the OpenID 2.0 protocol
providing authentication support as an OpenID provider.
also supports the following OpenID extensions:
- OpenID Attribute Exchange 1.0
- Allows web developers to access, with the
user’s approval, certain user information stored with OpenStack DB,
including user name and email address
- OpenID Simple Registration Extension 1.0
- OpenID Simple Registration is
an extension to the OpenID Authentication protocol that allows for very
light-weight profile exchange. It is designed to pass eight commonly
requested pieces of information when an End User goes to register a new
account with a web service.
- OpenID OAuth2 Extension
- OpenID+OAuth Hybrid protocol lets web developers
combine an OpenID request with an OAuth authentication request.
This extension is useful for web developers who use both OpenID and OAuth,
particularly in that it simplifies the process for users by requesting their
approval once instead of twice. In this way, the user can approve login and
service access at the same time.
Its also support The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework , turning OpenStackID Server in a Combined Provider (A web
service that is simultaneously an OpenID Identity Provider (OP) and an OAuth2
Service Provider (SP).).