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3 - Stage-Alpha
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4 summary: 'OAuth2 API'
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8 - html
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11 ## Introduction
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13 This module implements an [OAuth2](https://oauth.net/2/)/[OpenID Connect
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14 (OIDC)](https://openid.net/connect/) provider HTTP frontend on top of
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15 Prosody's usual internal authentication backend.
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17 OAuth and OIDC are web standards that allow you to provide clients and
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18 third-party applications limited access to your account, without sharing your
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19 password with them.
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21 With this module deployed, software that supports OAuth can obtain "access
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22 tokens" from Prosody which can then be used to connect to XMPP accounts using
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23 the 'OAUTHBEARER' SASL mechanism or via non-XMPP interfaces such as [mod_rest].
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25 Although this module has been around for some time, it has recently been
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26 significantly extended and largely rewritten to support OAuth/OIDC more fully.
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28 As of April 2023, it should be considered **alpha** stage. It works, we have
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29 tested it, but it has not yet seen wider review, testing and deployment. At
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30 this stage we recommend it for experimental and test deployments only. For
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31 specific information, see the [deployment notes section](#deployment-notes)
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32 below.
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34 Known client implementations:
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36 - [example shell script for mod_rest](https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/file/tip/mod_rest/example/rest.sh)
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37 - *(we need you!)*
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39 Support for OAUTHBEARER has been added to the Lua XMPP library, [verse](https://code.matthewwild.co.uk/verse).
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40 If you know of additional implementations, or are motivated to work on one,
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41 please let us know! We'd be happy to help (e.g. by providing a test server).
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43 ## Standards support
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45 Notable supported standards:
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47 - [RFC 6749: The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6749)
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48 - [RFC 7628: A Set of Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanisms for OAuth](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7628)
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49 - [OpenID Connect Core 1.0](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html)
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50 - [OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration 1.0](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-registration-1_0.html) & [RFC 7591: OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7591.html)
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51 - [OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html)
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53 ## Configuration
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55 ### Interface
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57 The module presents a web page to users to allow them to authenticate when
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59 or entirely override them.
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61 This module honours the 'site_name' configuration option that is also used by
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64 ```lua
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65 site_name = "My XMPP Server"
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66 ```
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68 To provide custom templates, specify the path to the template directory:
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70 ```lua
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71 oauth2_template_path = "/etc/prosody/custom-oauth2-templates"
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72 ```
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74 Some templates support additional variables, that can be provided by the
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75 'oauth2_template_style' option:
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77 ```lua
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78 oauth2_template_style = {
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79 background_colour = "#ffffff";
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80 }
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81 ```
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83 ### Token parameters
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85 The following options configure the lifetime of tokens issued by the module.
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86 The defaults are recommended.
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88 ```lua
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89 oauth2_access_token_ttl = 86400 -- 24 hours
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90 oauth2_refresh_token_ttl = nil -- unlimited unless revoked by the user
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91 ```
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93 ### Dynamic client registration
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95 To allow users to connect any compatible software, you should enable dynamic
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96 client registration.
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98 Dynamic client registration can be enabled by configuring a JWT key. Algorithm
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99 defaults to *HS256*.
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101 ```lua
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102 oauth2_registration_key = "securely generated JWT key here"
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103 oauth2_registration_algorithm = "HS256"
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104 oauth2_registration_options = { default_ttl = 60 * 60 * 24 * 90 }
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105 ```
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107 ### Supported flows
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109 Various flows can be disabled and enabled with
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110 `allowed_oauth2_grant_types` and `allowed_oauth2_response_types`:
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112 ```lua
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113 allowed_oauth2_grant_types = {
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114 "authorization_code"; -- authorization code grant
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115 "password"; -- resource owner password grant
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116 }
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118 allowed_oauth2_response_types = {
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119 "code"; -- authorization code flow
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120 -- "token"; -- implicit flow disabled by default
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121 }
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122 ```
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124 ## Deployment notes
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126 ### Access management
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128 This module does not provide an interface for users to manage what they have
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129 granted access to their account! (e.g. to view and revoke clients they have
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130 previously authorized). It is recommended to join this module with
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131 mod_client_management to provide such access. However, at the time of writing,
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132 no XMPP clients currently support the protocol used by that module. We plan to
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133 work on additional interfaces in the future.
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137 OAuth supports "scopes" as a way to grant clients limited access.
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139 There are currently no standard scopes defined for XMPP. This is something
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140 that we intend to change, e.g. by definitions provided in a future XEP. This
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141 means that clients you authorize currently have unrestricted access to your
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142 account (including the ability to change your password and lock you out!). So,
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143 for now, while using OAuth clients can prevent leaking your password to them,
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144 it is not currently suitable for connecting untrusted clients to your account.
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146 ## Compatibility
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148 Requires Prosody trunk (April 2023), **not** compatible with Prosody 0.12 or
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149 earlier.