# Discourse as an SAML, OAUTH IDP?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-an-saml-oauth-idp/29898
**Category:** SSO
**Tags:** discourseconnect
**Created:** [11 juni 2015 om 18:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-an-saml-oauth-idp/29898 "2015-06-11T18:05:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Breaker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Breaker)
#### Post date: [11 juni 2015 om 18:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-an-saml-oauth-idp/29898/1 "2015-06-11T18:05:04Z")
I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to have discourse act as an IDP (identity Provider) using SAML or OAUTH2.
im thinking about setting up a network of sites and would like for the forums to be the central spot for logging in.
I did notice on the boards here that CAS is enabled by default. That might work however if I read correctly it is limited to same domain emails? is this correct?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [7 november 2016 om 00:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-an-saml-oauth-idp/29898/3 "2016-11-07T00:17:49Z")
See:
> [@Use Discourse as an identity provider (SSO, DiscourseConnect)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-sso-provider/32974):
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> So you want to use Discourse as an identity provider for your own web app? Great! Let’s get started. Enable [DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true) provider setting Under Discourse admin site settings (/admin/site\_settings) enable setting enable discourse connect provider and add a secret string to discourse connect provider secrets (used to hash SSO payloads). Implement [DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true) in your web app: Generate a random [nonce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_nonce). Let’s call this value NONCE. Save it temporarily so that you can verify it with the …
That is built in, OAUTH2 provider etc would require a custom built plugin, no such plugin exists.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [25 maart 2019 om 12:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-an-saml-oauth-idp/29898/4 "2019-03-25T12:27:15Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [21 mei 2022 om 06:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-an-saml-oauth-idp/29898/5 "2022-05-21T06:55:15Z")
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [21 mei 2022 om 07:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-an-saml-oauth-idp/29898/6 "2022-05-21T07:52:40Z")