Discourse LinkedIn Authentication

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LinkedIn has updated their authentication to OpenID Connect. New LinkedIn applications will not be able to use the old authentication method. This plugin is now deprecated, and support for LinkedIn OpenID Connect is included in Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Just follow the documentation here:

Configure LinkedIn OpenID Connect login for Discourse

Configuration Visit Developers | LinkedIn and click on the nice Create app button in the middle of the screen and follow the process it walks you through. There is a handy link to their help pages there You’ll need an appropriate LinkedIn Page; this cannot be changed later so make sure you have one ready. Request Access the Sign In with LinkedIn using OpenID Connect under your Products tab. [Screenshot 2024-06-26 at 1.42.26 PM] Once the Sign-In with LinkedIn pr…

Old plugin info

	Summary	Discourse LinkedIn Authentication provides the ability to use LinkedIn as a login option
	Repository Link	https://github.com/discourse/discourse-linkedin-auth
	Install Guide	How to install plugins in Discourse

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Last edited by @hugh 2024-09-09T21:21:10Z

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[Hifihedgehog]

I am having trouble getting this plugin to work anymore. From what I am seeing now, the plain jane “Sign In with LinkedIn” option has been superseded with “Sign In with LinkedIn using OpenID Connect.” See here:

Sign In with LinkedIn using OpenID Connect - LinkedIn

[ted (Ted Johansson)]

@Hifihedgehog The plugin has now been deprecated, support for LinkedIn OIDC has been added to core, and this documentation has been updated.

[tophee (Christoph)]

@ted

The plugin has now been deprecated, support for LinkedIn OIDC has been added to core,

I know its an extra dumb question, but it doesn’t hurt to be extra clear: so this means we deactivate this option:

and we follow the new instructions to create an entirely new link to LinkedIn, right?

I have no memory of how I created the OAuth ClientID on LinkedIn when I first configured this seven years ago, but the new documentation (which is excellent and easy to follow, btw, thank you! ) led me to create a page for my “Organization” on LinkedIn, something I apparently didn’t need to do back then. Or maybe I didn’t have to do it now either and could have reused the old client-ID and secret?

Nevermind, why not have a LinkedIn-page for the forum, LOL.

My point is just to clarify that these are the steps existing users of the plugin need to follow:

1. Deactivate the old plugin (eventually remove it from the yml file, but I guess that can wait)
2. Follow the new instructions as if you never used Login with LinkedIn before.
3. Done