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11 ## Introduction |
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13 This module implements an [OAuth2](https://oauth.net/2/)/[OpenID Connect |
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14 (OIDC)](https://openid.net/connect/) provider HTTP frontend on top of |
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15 Prosody's usual internal authentication backend. |
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17 OAuth and OIDC are web standards that allow you to provide clients and |
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18 third-party applications limited access to your account, without sharing your |
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21 With this module deployed, software that supports OAuth can obtain "access |
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28 As of April 2023, it should be considered **alpha** stage. It works, we have |
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29 tested it, but it has not yet seen wider review, testing and deployment. At |
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30 this stage we recommend it for experimental and test deployments only. For |
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31 specific information, see the [deployment notes section](#deployment-notes) |
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36 - *(we need you!)* |
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38 Support for OAUTHBEARER has been added to the Lua XMPP library, [verse](https://code.matthewwild.co.uk/verse). |
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39 If you know of additional implementations, or are motivated to work on one, |
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40 please let us know! We'd be happy to help (e.g. by providing a test server). |
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46 - [RFC 6749: The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6749) |
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47 - [RFC 7628: A Set of Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanisms for OAuth](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7628) |
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48 - [OpenID Connect Core 1.0](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html) |
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49 - [OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration 1.0](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-registration-1_0.html) & [RFC 7591: OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7591.html) |
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50 - [OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html) |
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57 a client requests access. Built-in pages are provided, but you may also theme |
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88 oauth2_access_token_ttl = 86400 -- 24 hours |
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100 ```lua |
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101 oauth2_registration_key = "securely generated JWT key here" |
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143 it is not currently suitable for connecting untrusted clients to your account. |
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