Configuring OpenID Connect authentication

To configure OpenID Connect authentication

1. Log in to the BMC Helix SSO Admin Console.
2. In the left navigation panel of the Add Realm or Edit Realm page, click Authentication.
   
3. From the Authentication Type list, select OIDC.
4. To import OpenID Connect provider information, click Import.
5. Complete the Issuer or OpenID Connect Discovery provider URL field, and click Import.

6. On the Authentication tab, complete the following fields:

   Important

   URLs to endpoints can include additional query parameters.

   Field	Description
   Issuer	URL that the OpenID Connect provider asserts as its Issuer Identifier.
   Authorization URL	URL of the OpenID Connect provider's Authorization Endpoint.
   Token URL	URL of the OpenID Connect provider's Token Endpoint.
   UserInfo URL	URL of the OpenID Connect provider's UserInfo Endpoint.
   JWKS URI	URL of the OpenID Connect provider's JSON Web Key Set (JWK) document.
   End Session URL	URL of the End Session Endpoint.
   Client ID	Registers the client application on the OpenID Connect provider side.
   Client Secret	Identifies the client application. When the BMC Helix SSO server is registered as a client on the OpenID Connect provider side, the OpenID Connect provider generates and provides the client ID and client secret values.
   Scope	A space or comma-separated list of scopes indicating the required scope of the access token from the OpenID Connect provider.
   RSSO Server URL	URL of the BMC Helix SSO server.
   RSSO Callback URL	This is a read-only field.
   Prompt	The authorization server prompts the user for a required action. Select one of the following options from the list: none: Does not display any authentication or consent user interface pages. The authorization server returns an error if an end user is not already authenticated or if the client does not have a pre-configured consent for the requested claims or does not fulfill other conditions for processing the request. The error code will typically be one of the following codes: - login_required - interaction_required - account_selection_required - consent_required - invalid_request_uri - invalid_request_object - request_not_supported - request_uri_not_supported - registration_not_supported This can be used as a method to check for existing authentication or consent. login: Prompts the end user for reauthentication. If the authorization server cannot reauthenticate the end user, it returns an error, typically login_required. consent: Prompts the end user for consent before returning information to the client. If the authorization server cannot obtain the consent, it returns an error, typically consent_required. select_account: Prompts the end user to select a user account. This enables an end user who has multiple accounts at the authorization server to select an account that they might have current sessions for. If the authorization server cannot obtain an account selection choice made by the end user, it returns an error, typically account_selection_required.
   User ID field name	User ID.
   Client Authentication method	Identifies client's authentication method during registration. Available methods: client_secret_basic client_secret_post - the default one client_secret_jwt
   User ID Transformation	Option to transform User ID to match Login ID for the successful login procedure. It allows to modify User ID by the predefined transformation commands or a custom expression. For more information, see Transforming-userID-to-match-login-ID.
   Custom expression	Option to specify a custom value for the User ID transformation. For more information, see Transforming-userID-to-match-login-ID.
   Groups Claim name	The name of the claim in id_token from which to extract end-user groups.
   Infinite session group	Option to provide a group name of users with the infinite sessions experience. For more information, see Configuring-infinite-user-sessions.
   ALLOW-FROM Domain(s)	Setting allows BMC Helix SSO server to launch applications in iframes. For more information, see Configuring-BMC-Helix-SSO-to-open-applications-in-iframes.
   User attributes from userinfo endpoint	Fetch user details from the /userinfo endpoint to add another level of user authentication. Specify the following fields: Attribute name—The name of an attribute associated with a user that is stored in a BMC Helix Single Sign-On session. Type—The type of user data that you want to fetch. Claim—A value for the attribute name that will be a part of the userinfo endpoint response.

7. Click Add.