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. “Classic” Dependency-Track deployments using solely the WAR or executable WAR are not supported!
If configured properly, users will be able to sign in by clicking the OpenID button on the login page:
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 backend and frontend, please refer to the Configuration page.
Auth0
API server | Frontend |
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alpine.oidc.enabled=true | 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 |
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alpine.oidc.enabled=true | 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.
Keycloak
API server | Frontend |
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alpine.oidc.enabled=true | 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
http://dependencytrack.example.com
- a Keycloak instance is available at
https://auth.example.com
- the realm example has been created in Keycloak
- Configure the client as shown below:
- Client ID:
dependency-track
- Access Type:
public
- Standard Flow Enabled:
ON
- Valid Redirect URIs:
http://dependencytrack.example.com/static/oidc-callback.html
- Web Origins:
http://dependencytrack.example.com
- Client ID:
- To be able to synchronize team memberships, create a protocol mapper that includes group memberships as
groups
in the/userinfo
endpoint:- Mapper Type:
Group Membership
- Token Claim Name:
groups
- Add to userinfo:
ON
- Mapper Type:
-
Create some groups, e.g.
DTRACK_ADMINS
andDTRACK_USERS
: - 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]" }
- Acquire an access token for a user and call
-
Configure OIDC for both backend 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_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"
- 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
- 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.