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Identity providers

Usually, users aren't created in OpenShift directly, but rather are supplied by an external identity management solution, which can be as complex as LDAP and Active Directory with a trust relationship set up between them, or as simple as a text password file with hashed passwords. Choosing a particular identity provider is influenced by factors such as:

• Your company's existing identity management solution
• How often users are added and deleted
• Whether you need a centralized management

OpenShift implements the following identity providers:

• AllowAll
• DenyAll
• HTPasswd
• LDAP
• Keystone
• BasicAuth
• RequestHeader
• GitLab
• GitHub
• OpenID
• Google

For the sake of brevity, we will limit demonstrations to the first four providers in the ...