External identity provider integration¶

To be consistent and keep the integrity of a user database and user permissions, in Mirantis Container Cloud, IAM stores the user identity information internally. However in real deployments, the identity provider usually already exists.

Out of the box, in Container Cloud, IAM supports integration with LDAP and Google Open Authorization (OAuth). If LDAP is configured as an external identity provider, IAM performs one-way synchronization doing mapping attributes according to configuration.

In case of the Google Open Authorization (OAuth) integration, the user is automatically registered and their credentials are stored in the internal database according to the user template configuration. The Google OAuth registration workflow is as follows:

1. The user requests a Container Cloud web UI resource.

2. The user is redirected to the IAM login page and logs in using the Log in with Google account option.

3. IAM creates a new user with the default access rights that are defined in the user template configuration.

4. The user can access the Container Cloud web UI resource.

The following diagram illustrates the external IdP integration to IAM:

You can configure simultaneous integration with both external IdPs with the user identity matching feature enabled.