GitHub

GitHub Login Integration Kit

The GitHub Login Integration Kit allows PingFederate to use GitHub as an identity provider (IdP). This allows users to access service provider (SP) applications by signing on to GitHub.

Features

Components

GitHub IdP Adapter

  • Allows PingFederate to communicate with the GitHub API to process sign-on requests and get user information.

Templates

  • Allows the adapter to prompt the user to sign on. The template can be presented with a browser redirect or as a pop-up window.

  • Allows you to modify the appearance of the sign-on prompt.

Language packs

  • Allows you to customize or localize the messages returned by the PingFederate authentication API and shown on the templates during authentication. Learn more in Localizing messages for end users in the PingFederate documentation.

Intended audience

This document is intended for PingFederate administrators.

If you need help during the setup process, see the following sections of the PingFederate documentation:

System requirements

  • PingFederate 9.0 or later, or 9.3 to use the authentication API

  • A standard GitHub account