Creating an OpenID Connect Identity Provider Configuration

Function

This API is provided for the administrator to create an OpenID Connect identity provider configuration after creating an identity provider and registering a protocol (OpenID Connect).

The API can be called using both the global endpoint and region-specific endpoints.

URI

POST /v3.0/OS-FEDERATION/identity-providers/{idp_id}/openid-connect-config

**Table 1** URI parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
idp_id	Yes	String	Identity provider name.

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Parameters in the request header
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
Content-Type	Yes	String	Fill application/json;charset=utf8 in this field.
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	Access token issued to a user to bear its identity and permissions. For details about the permissions required by the token, see Actions.

**Table 3** Parameter in the request body
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
openid_connect_config	Yes	object	OpenID Connect configurations.

**Table 4** CreateOpenIDConnectConfig
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
access_mode	Yes	String	Access type. Options: program_console: programmatic access and management console access. program: programmatic access only.
idp_url	Yes	String	URL of the OpenID Connect identity provider. This field corresponds to the iss field in the ID token. Length: 10 to 255 characters
client_id	Yes	String	ID of a client registered with the OpenID Connect identity provider. Length: 5 to 255 characters
authorization_endpoint	No	String	Authorization endpoint of the OpenID Connect identity provider. This field is required only if the access type is set to programmatic access and management console access. Length: 10 to 255 characters
scope	No	String	Scopes of authorization requests. This field is required only if the access type is set to programmatic access and management console access. Enumerated values: openid email profile NOTE: openid must be specified for this field. Specify 1 to 10 values, and separate them with spaces. Example: openid, openid email, openid profile, and openid email profile.
response_type	No	String	Response type. This field is required only if the access type is set to programmatic access and management console access. Enumerated value: id_token
response_mode	No	String	Response mode. This field is required only if the access type is set to programmatic access and management console access. Enumerated values: fragment form_post
signing_key	Yes	String	Public key used to sign the ID token of the OpenID Connect identity provider. Length: 10 to 30,000 characters Format example: { "keys":[ { "kid":"d05ef20c4512645vv1..." , "n":"cws_cnjiwsbvweolwn_-vnl...", "e":"AQAB", "kty":"RSA", "use":"sig", "alg":"RS256" } ] }

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

**Table 5** Parameters in the response body
Parameter	Type	Description
openid_connect_config	object	OpenID Connect configurations.

**Table 6** openid_connect_config
Parameter	Type	Description
access_mode	String	Access type. Options: program_console: programmatic access and management console access. program: programmatic access only.
idp_url	String	URL of the OpenID Connect identity provider. This field corresponds to the iss field in the ID token.
client_id	String	ID of a client registered with the OpenID Connect identity provider.
authorization_endpoint	String	Authorization endpoint of the OpenID Connect identity provider. This field is required only if the access type is set to programmatic access and management console access.
scope	String	Scopes of authorization requests. This field is required only if the access type is set to programmatic access and management console access. Enumerated values: openid email profile NOTE: openid must be specified for this field. Specify 1 to 10 values, and separate them with spaces. Example: openid, openid email, openid profile, and openid email profile.
response_type	String	Response type. This field is required only if the access type is set to programmatic access and management console access. Enumerated value: id_token
response_mode	String	Response mode. This field is required only if the access type is set to programmatic access and management console access. Enumerated values: fragment form_post
signing_key	String	Public key used to sign the ID token of the OpenID Connect identity provider.

Example Request

Request for creating an OpenID Connect identity provider that supports programmatic access configurations

POST /v3.0/OS-FEDERATION/identity-providers/{idp_id}/openid-connect-config 
  
 { 
   "openid_connect_config" : { 
     "access_mode" : "program", 
     "idp_url" : "https://accounts.example.com", 
     "client_id" : "client_id_example", 
     "signing_key" : "{\"keys\":[{\"kty\":\"RSA\",\"e\":\"AQAB\",\"use\":\"sig\",\"n\":\"example\",\"kid\":\"kid_example\",\"alg\":\"RS256\"}]}" 
   } 
 }

Request for creating an OpenID Connect identity provider that supports programmatic access and console access configurations

POST /v3.0/OS-FEDERATION/identity-providers/{idp_id}/openid-connect-config 
  
 { 
   "openid_connect_config" : { 
     "access_mode" : "program_console", 
     "idp_url" : "https://accounts.example.com", 
     "client_id" : "client_id_example", 
     "authorization_endpoint" : "https://accounts.example.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth", 
     "scope" : "openid", 
     "response_type" : "id_token", 
     "response_mode" : "form_post", 
     "signing_key" : "{\"keys\":[{\"kty\":\"RSA\",\"e\":\"AQAB\",\"use\":\"sig\",\"n\":\"example\",\"kid\":\"kid_example\",\"alg\":\"RS256\"}]}" 
   } 
 }

Example Response

Status code: 201

The identity provider is created successfully.

Example 1

{ 
   "openid_connect_config" : { 
     "access_mode" : "program", 
     "idp_url" : "https://accounts.example.com", 
     "client_id" : "client_id_example", 
     "signing_key" : "{\"keys\":[{\"kty\":\"RSA\",\"e\":\"AQAB\",\"use\":\"sig\",\"n\":\"example\",\"kid\":\"kid_example\",\"alg\":\"RS256\"}]}" 
   } 
 }

Example 2

{ 
   "openid_connect_config" : { 
     "access_mode" : "program_console", 
     "idp_url" : "https://accounts.example.com", 
     "client_id" : "client_id_example", 
     "authorization_endpoint" : "https://accounts.example.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth", 
     "scope" : "openid", 
     "response_type" : "id_token", 
     "response_mode" : "form_post", 
     "signing_key" : "{\"keys\":[{\"kty\":\"RSA\",\"e\":\"AQAB\",\"use\":\"sig\",\"n\":\"example\",\"kid\":\"kid_example\",\"alg\":\"RS256\"}]}" 
   } 
 }

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
201	The identity provider is created successfully.
400	Invalid parameters.
401	Authentication failed.
403	Access denied.
404	The requested resource cannot be found.
409	The resource already exists.
500	Internal server error.