Enable OIDC for Kong Manager

Note: by using the configuration below, it is unnecessary to manually enable the Plugin; the configuration alone will enable OIDC for Kong Manager.

The following is an example using Google as the IdP and serving Kong Manager from its default URL, .

The Sessions Plugin requires a secret and is configured securely by default.

• If using HTTP instead of HTTPS, cookie_secure must be manually set to .

Replace the entries surrounded by <> with values that are valid for your IdP. For example, Google credentials can be found here:

For example, if a user has a Google email address, hal9000@sky.net:

Note: The email entered for the Admin in the request is used to ensure the Admin receives an email invitation, whereas username is the attribute that the Plugin uses with the IdP.

For example, if we wanted to grant hal9000@sky.net the Role of Super Admin: