OpenID Connect is supported in Dependency-Track 4.0.0 and above

In the context of OAuth2 / OIDC, Dependency-Track’s frontend acts as client while the API server acts as resource server (see OAuth2 roles). Due to this, the frontend requires additional configuration, which is currently only supported when deploying it separately from the API server. Refer to the Configuration and Docker deployment pages for instructions. The “bundled” Docker image and “Classic” Dependency-Track deployments using solely the executable WAR are not supported!

If configured properly, users will be able to sign in by clicking the OpenID button on the login page:

NOTE: the front-end will not display the OIDC login button if the Dependency-Track service is unable to connect to your OIDC server’s .well-known/openid-configuration endpoint. The server logs can help you identify whether this is an issue with firewall rules, internal TLS certificates, or other errors which may be preventing that communication.

Before v4.3.0, Dependency-Track exclusively used the /userinfo endpoint of the IdP to get user information.
Since v4.3.0, ID tokens are validated and evaluated as well. They even take precedence over /userinfo,
which means that Dependency-Track will no longer request the /userinfo endpoint if all required claims
are present in the ID token’s payload already.

Example Configurations #

Generally, Dependency-Track can be used with any identity provider that implements the OpenID Connect standard. Multiple identity providers have been tested, the following are some example configurations that are known to work. Note that some providers may not support specific features like team synchronization, or require further configuration to make them work. If you find that the provider of your choice does not work with Dependency-Track, please file an issue.

For a complete overview of available configuration options for both API server and frontend, please refer to the Configuration page.

Auth0 #

API server	Frontend
alpine.oidc.enabled=true
alpine.oidc.client.id=9XgMg7bP7QbD74TZnzZ9Jhk9KHq3RPCM	OIDC_CLIENT_ID=9XgMg7bP7QbD74TZnzZ9Jhk9KHq3RPCM
alpine.oidc.issuer=https://example.auth0.com	OIDC_ISSUER=https://example.auth0.com
alpine.oidc.username.claim=nickname
alpine.oidc.user.provisioning=true
alpine.oidc.teams.claim=groups*
alpine.oidc.team.synchronization=true*

* Requires additional configuration

GitLab (gitlab.com) #

API server	Frontend
alpine.oidc.enabled=true
alpine.oidc.client.id=ff53529a3806431e06b2930c07ab0275a9024a59873a0d5106dd67c4cd34e3be	OIDC_CLIENT_ID=ff53529a3806431e06b2930c07ab0275a9024a59873a0d5106dd67c4cd34e3be
alpine.oidc.issuer=https://gitlab.com	OIDC_ISSUER=https://gitlab.com
alpine.oidc.username.claim=nickname
alpine.oidc.user.provisioning=true
alpine.oidc.teams.claim=groups
alpine.oidc.team.synchronization=true

gitlab.com currently does not set the required CORS headers, see GitLab issue #209259.
For on-premise installations, this could be fixed by setting the required headers via reverse proxy.

Azure Active Directory #

API server	Frontend
alpine.oidc.enabled=true
alpine.oidc.client.id=2e0a07ae-eabd-45d7-a8f5-ca4ad71b48ae	OIDC_CLIENT_ID=2e0a07ae-eabd-45d7-a8f5-ca4ad71b48ae
alpine.oidc.issuer=https://login.microsoftonline.com/3919df77-d4cd-4772-8b50-cfdb195bcdd6/v2.0	OIDC_ISSUER=https://login.microsoftonline.com/3919df77-d4cd-4772-8b50-cfdb195bcdd6/v2.0
alpine.oidc.username.claim=preferred_username
alpine.oidc.user.provisioning=true
alpine.oidc.teams.claim=groups
alpine.oidc.team.synchronization=true

OIDC integration with Azure Active Directory requires you to register Dependency-Track as an app in your tenant, see Azure Active Directory app registration.

The alpine.oidc.client.id contains the Application ID of the app registration, and the alpine.oidc.issuer contains the Directory (tenant) ID.

Google #

API server	Frontend
alpine.oidc.enabled=true
alpine.oidc.client.id=	OIDC_CLIENT_ID=
alpine.oidc.issuer=https://accounts.google.com	OIDC_ISSUER=https://accounts.google.com
alpine.oidc.username.claim=email	OIDC_FLOW=implicit
alpine.oidc.user.provisioning=true

Follow the docs to learn how to create the client id.

Set the redirect URI to <dependency track host>/static/oidc-callback.html

Keycloak #

API server	Frontend
alpine.oidc.enabled=true
alpine.oidc.client.id=dependency-track	OIDC_CLIENT_ID=dependency-track
alpine.oidc.issuer=https://auth.example.com/auth/realms/example	OIDC_ISSUER=https://auth.example.com/auth/realms/example
alpine.oidc.username.claim=preferred_username
alpine.oidc.user.provisioning=true
alpine.oidc.teams.claim=groups*
alpine.oidc.team.synchronization=true*

* Requires additional configuration, see Example setup with Keycloak

Example setup with Keycloak #

The following steps demonstrate how to setup OpenID Connect with Keycloak. Most settings should be applicable to other IdPs as well.

This guide assumes that:

• the Dependency-Track frontend has been deployed to https://dependencytrack.example.com
• a Keycloak instance is available at https://auth.example.com
• the realm example has been created in Keycloak

1. Configure the client as shown below:

   

   • Client ID: dependency-track
   • Client Protocol: openid-connect
   • Access Type: public
   • Standard Flow Enabled: ON
   • Valid Redirect URIs: https://dependencytrack.example.com/static/oidc-callback.html
     • A trailing wildcard (*) was required when using frontend v1.3.0-v4.3.0, in order to support post-login redirects
     • Starting with v4.4.0, the trailing wildcard is no longer necessary
   • Web Origins: https://dependencytrack.example.com

2. To be able to synchronize team memberships, create a protocol mapper that includes group memberships as groups in the /userinfo endpoint:

   ![Keycloak: Create protocol mapper for groups](/images/screenshots/oidc-keycloak-create-protocol-mapper.png)
   
   * Mapper Type: `Group Membership`
   * Token Claim Name: `groups`
   * Add to userinfo: `ON` (optional for Dependency-Track v4.3.0 and newer)
   * Add to ID token: `ON` (for Dependency-Track v4.3.0 and newer)
   

3. Create some groups, e.g. DTRACK_ADMINS and DTRACK_USERS:

   

4. Verify that all required claims are present in the /userinfo endpoint

• Acquire an access token for a user and call /userinfo with it
• You can temporarily set Direct Access Grants Enabled to ON in the client settings to enable the Resource Owner Password Credentials Grant

$ ACCESS_TOKEN=$(curl https://auth.example.com/auth/realms/example/protocol/openid-connect/token \
    -d "client_id=dependency-track" \
    -d "grant_type=password" \
    -d "username=demo-user" \
    -d "password=demo-pass" \
    | jq -r .access_token)
$ curl https://auth.example.com/auth/realms/example/protocol/openid-connect/userinfo \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"

• The response should look similar to this:

{
  "groups": ["DTRACK_USERS"],
  "sub": "290e5d27-25d2-414c-a04c-5d03cd0e1db8",
  "email_verified": true,
  "preferred_username": "demo-user",
  "email": "[email protected]"
}

1. Configure OIDC for both API server and frontend of Dependency-Track, as demonstrated below for a docker-compose deployment:

   version: "3"
   
   services:
     dtrack:
       image: dependencytrack/dependency-track
       environment:
         # ...
         - "ALPINE_OIDC_ENABLED=true"
         - "ALPINE_OIDC_CLIENT_ID=dependency-track"
         - "ALPINE_OIDC_ISSUER=https://auth.example.com/auth/realms/example"
         - "ALPINE_OIDC_USERNAME_CLAIM=preferred_username"
         - "ALPINE_OIDC_TEAMS_CLAIM=groups"
         - "ALPINE_OIDC_USER_PROVISIONING=true"
         - "ALPINE_OIDC_TEAM_SYNCHRONIZATION=true"
   
     dtrack-frontend:
       image: dependencytrack/frontend
       environment:
         # ...
         - "OIDC_ISSUER=https://auth.example.com/auth/realms/example"
         - "OIDC_CLIENT_ID=dependency-track"
   

2. Login to Dependency-Track as admin and navigate to Administration -> Access Management -> OpenID Connect Groups

• Create groups with names equivalent to those in Keycloak

• Add teams that the groups should be mapped to

  

1. Use the OpenID button on the login page to sign in with a Keycloak user that is member of at least one of the configured groups. Navigating to Administration -> Access Management -> OpenID Connect Users should now reveal that the user has been automatically provisioned and team memberships have been synchronized:

   

Dependency-Track associates every OpenID Connect user with their subject identifier (sub claim of the access token) upon first login. If a user with the same name but a different subject identifier attempts to log in via OIDC, Dependency-Track will refuse to authenticate that user. This is done to prevent account takeovers, as some identity providers allow users to change their usernames. Also, uniqueness of usernames is not always guaranteed, while the uniqueness of subject identifiers is.

Azure Active Directory app registration #

The following steps demonstrate how to setup OpenID Connect with Azure Active Directory.

This guide assumes that:

• the Dependency-Track frontend has been deployed to https://dependencytrack.example.com
• an Azure Active Directory tenant has been created

1. Add an app registration for Dependency-Track to your Azure AD tenant:

   • Name: Dependency-Track
   • Supported account types: Accounts in this organizational directory only
   • Redirect URI (optional): Leave empty for now

2. Under Authentication, add the following Redirect URI for a Single Page Application and leave all settings at default:

   • https://dependencytrack.example.com/static/oidc-callback.html

3. Under Token configuration, click Add groups claim and select the group types you’d like to include (check all options if you’re not sure).

4. Under API permissions, add the following Microsoft Graph API permissions:

   • OpenId permissions -> email
   • OpenId permissions -> openid
   • OpenId permissions -> profile
   • GroupMember -> GroupMember.Read.All