Client application registration

OAuth 2.0 or OpenID Connect client applications must register with AM before they can connect.

Registration involves setting up a client application profile in one of the following ways:

Using the AM admin UI.

For details, refer to Create a client profile.
Programmatically.

For details, refer to Dynamic client registration.

Create a client profile

In the AM admin UI, go to Realms > Realm Name > Applications > OAuth 2.0 > Clients.
Click Add Client and provide values for Client ID, Client secret, Redirection URIs, Scope(s), and Default Scope(s).

Finally, click Create to create the profile.

Adjust the configuration as needed, using the inline help and the following documentation:

Core

Group: Set this field if you have configured an OAuth 2.0 client group.
Status: Specify whether the client profile is active for use or inactive.
Client secret: Specify the client secret as described by RFC 6749 in the section, Client Password.

For OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect 1.0 clients, AM uses the client password as the client shared secret key when signing the contents of the request parameter with HMAC-based algorithms, such as HS256.
Client type: Specify the client type.

Confidential clients can maintain the confidentiality of their credentials, such as a web application running on a server where its credentials are protected. Public clients run the risk of exposing their passwords to a host or user agent, such as a JavaScript client running in a browser.
Allow wildcard ports in redirection URIs: Specify whether AM allows the use of wildcards (* characters) in the redirection URI port to match one or more ports.

The URL configured in the redirection URI must be either localhost, 127.0.01, or ::1. For example, http://localhost:*/, https://127.0.0.1:80*/, or https://[::1]:*443/.

Enable this setting, for example, for desktop apps that start a web server on a random free port during the OAuth 2.0 flow.
Redirection URIs: Specify client redirection endpoint URIs as described by RFC 6749 in the section, Redirection Endpoint. AM’s OAuth 2.0 authorization service redirects the resource owner’s user-agent back to this endpoint during the authorization code grant process. If your client has more than one redirection URI, then it must specify the redirection URI to use in the authorization request.

Redirection URI values must NOT contain a fragment () and must be an exact match. Wildcards are only considered special characters for ports when you enable [.label]#Allow wildcard ports in redirection URIs.

OpenID Connect clients require redirection URIs.

Scope(s): Specify scopes that are to be presented to the resource owner when the resource owner is asked to authorize client access to protected resources.

The openid scope is required for OpenID Connect clients. It indicates that the client is making an OpenID Connect request to the authorization server.

Scopes can be entered as simple strings, such as openid, read, email, profile, or as a pipe-separated string in the format: scope|locale|localized description. For example, read|en|Permission to view email messages.

Locale strings have the format: language_country_variant. For example, en, en_GB, or en_US_WIN. If you omit the locale and pipe, AM displays the localized description to users with undefined locales. If the localized description is omitted, nothing is displayed to all users. For example, a scope of read| would allow the client to use the read scope but would not display it to the user when requested.

AM reserves special scopes to let resource servers introspect tokens issued to other clients. For more information, refer to Special Scopes.

For more information about scopes and default scopes, and how AM uses them, refer to OAuth 2.0 scopes.
Default Scope(s): Scopes that AM uses when the client does not request any during a grant flow.

Specify scopes in scope or scope|locale|localized description format.

Scopes defined in this property take the same format as those defined in Scope(s).

For more information about scopes and default scopes, and how AM uses them, refer to OAuth 2.0 scopes.
Client Name: Specify a human-readable name for the client.
Authorization Code Lifetime (seconds): Specify the time in seconds for an authorization code to be valid. If this field is set to zero, the authorization code lifetime of the OAuth2 provider is used.

Default: 0
Refresh Token Lifetime (seconds): Specify the time in seconds for a refresh token to be valid. If this field is set to zero, the refresh token lifetime of the OAuth2 provider is used. If the field is set to -1, the token will never expire.

Default: 0
Access Token Lifetime (seconds): Specify the time in seconds for an access token to be valid. If this field is set to zero, the access token lifetime of the OAuth2 provider is used.

Default: 0

Advanced

Token Exchange Auth Level: The authentication level that AM sets for tokens created through Token exchange if the subject token doesn’t have an initial authentication level; for example, when exchanging an ID token for an access token.

Default: 0
Display name: Specify a client name to display to the resource owner when the resource owner is asked to authorize client access to protected resources. Valid formats include name or locale|localized name .

The Display name can be entered as a single string or as a pipe-separated string for locale and localized name, for example, en|My Example Company.

Locale strings have the format: language_country_variant. For example, en, en_GB, or en_US_WIN. If the locale is omitted, the name is displayed to all users having undefined locales.
Display description: Specify a client description to display to the resource owner when the resource owner is asked to authorize client access to protected resources. Valid formats include description or locale|localized description.

The Display description can be entered as a single string or as a pipe-separated string for locale and localized name, for example, en|The company intranet is requesting the following access permission.

Locale strings have the format: language_country_variant. For example, en, en_GB, or en_US_WIN. If the locale is omitted, the name is displayed to all users having undefined locales.

JavaScript Origins

The origin URLs allowed by the client to make cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) requests to AM.

For example, you might add the URL of a resource server being protected by an app that uses the ForgeRock SDKs, so that it can access the OAuth 2.0 endpoints from a different domain than AM.

This property does not support using a non-standard header. To use a custom header, you must create a new CORS configuration.

Wildcards are not supported; each value should be an exact match for the origin of the CORS request.

The global CORS service collects the value of this property from each OAuth 2.0 client, and combines it with its own configuration.

Ensure that customers allowlist all headers for CORS and OAuth 2.0 client integration with AM.

For more information, refer to Configure CORS support.

Request uris

Specify request_uri values that a dynamic client would pre-register.

URIs must be pre-registered in this field before the client can request them in the request_uri parameter.

Grant Types

Specify the set of OAuth 2.0 grant flows allowed for this client. The following flows are available:

Authorization Code
Back Channel Request
Implicit
Resource Owner Password Credentials
Client Credentials
Refresh Token
UMA
Device Code
SAML2
Token Exchange

Default: Authorization Code. When registering clients dynamically, if no grant types are specified in the registration request, then the default Authorization Code grant type is assumed, and configured in the client. Any grant types selected in a client must also be enabled in the OAuth 2.0 provider service. Refer to OAuth2 Provider.

Response Types

Specify the response types that the client uses. The response type value specifies the flow that determine how the ID token and access token are returned to the client. For more information, refer to OAuth 2.0 Multiple Response Type Encoding Practices.

Configure this field only if the client uses OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect grant flows that interact with the /oauth2/authorize endpoint.

The following response types are available:

code. Specifies that the client requests an authorization code during the Authorization code grant flow for OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.

This response type also applies to the Authorization Code grant with PKCE flows.
token. Specifies that the client requests an access token during the Implicit grant flow.
id_token. Specifies that the client requests an ID token during the OpenID Connect Implicit grant flow.
code token. Specifies that the client requests an access token and an authorization code during the OpenID Connect Hybrid grant flow.
code id_token. Specifies that the client requests an authorization code and an ID token during the OpenID Connect Hybrid grant flow.
code token id_token. Specifies that the client application requests an authorization code, an access token, and an ID token, during the OpenID Connect Hybrid grant flow.
token id_token. Specifies that the client requests an access token and an ID token during the OpenID Connect Implicit grant flow.

Contacts

Specify the email addresses of users who administer the client.

Token Endpoint Authentication Method

Specify the authentication method with which a client authenticates to AM (as an authorization server) at the token endpoint. The authentication method applies to OIDC requests with scope openid.

client_secret_basic. Clients authenticate with AM (as an authorization server) using the HTTP Basic authentication scheme after receiving a client_secret value.
client_secret_post. Clients authenticate with AM (as an authorization server) by including the client credentials in the request body after receiving a client_secret value.
private_key_jwt. Clients sign a JSON web token (JWT) with a registered public key.
tls_client_auth. Clients use a CA-signed certificate for mutual TLS authentication.
self_signed_tls_client_auth. Clients use a self-signed certificate for mutual TLS authentication.

For more information, refer to OAuth 2.0 client authentication, and Client Authentication in the OpenID Connect Core 1.0 incorporating errata set 1 specification.

Sector Identifier URI

The value of this field must be a URL (including the https scheme) that references a JSON file containing an array of redirect_uri values. AM uses the host component of this URL to compute pairwise subject identifiers.

If you configure a single Post Logout Redirect URI, the Sector Identifier URI takes this value by default. If you configure several Post Logout Redirect URIs and specify a pairwise Subject Type, you must set a value for the Sector Identifier URI.

Subject Type

Specify the subject identifier type, a locally unique identifier that the client consumes. The subject type can be one of the following:

public. Provides the same sub (subject) value to all clients.
pairwise. Provides a different sub (subject) value to each client to prevent correlation between clients.

If you specify a pairwise subject type, refer to Sector Identifier URI.

Access Token

Specify the registration_access_token value that you provide when registering the client, and then subsequently when reading or updating the client profile.

Client URI

Specify the URI containing further information about this client. The URI is displayed as a link in user-facing pages, such as consent pages.

The URI can be made locale-specific by specifying a pipe-separated string in the format: URI|locale. For example, https://www.example.es:8443/aplicacion/informacion.html|es.

Logo URI

Specify the URI of a logo for the client. The logo is displayed in user-facing pages, such as consent pages.

The logo can be made locale-specific by specifying a pipe-separated string in the format: URI|locale. For example, https://www.example.es:8443/aplicacion/imagen.png|es.

Privacy Policy URI

Specify the URI containing the client’s privacy policy documentation. The URI is displayed as a link in user-facing pages, such as consent pages.

The URI can be made locale-specific by specifying a pipe-separated string in the format: URI|locale. For example, https://www.example.es:8443/aplicacion/legal.html|es.

Terms of Service URI

The URI that contains the client’s terms of service. The URI is displayed as a link in user-facing pages, such as consent pages.

The URI can be made locale-specific by specifying a pipe-separated string in the format: URI|locale. For example, https://www.example.es:8443/aplicacion/terminos.html|es.

Refresh Token Grace Period (seconds)

The time, in seconds, that a refresh token can be reused, for this client. This grace period lets the client recover seamlessly, if the response from an original refresh token request is not received, because of a network problem or other transient issue. During the grace period, the refresh token can be reused multiple times, if the network problem persists. When the grace period ends, the refresh token is revoked.

The refresh token grace period applies only to server-side tokens, in a one-to-one storage scheme.

This property can take the following values:

0 The client inherits the refresh token grace period set in the OAuth 2.0 provider configuration. This is the default setting.
-1 There is no refresh token grace period for this client.
Any positive integer up to the maximum—this value overrides the grace period set in the OAuth 2.0 provider configuration.

Having a long grace period poses a security risk. You should therefore keep the grace period as small as possible. By default, the grace period cannot exceed 120 seconds. You can override this default maximum by setting the org.forgerock.openam.oauth2.client.graceperiod.disabled advanced server property. Note, however, that exceeding the default maximum of 120 seconds is not recommended.

Implied Consent

Enable the implied consent feature. When enabled, the resource owner will not be asked for consent during authorization flows. The OAuth2 Provider must also be configured to allow clients to skip consent.

OAuth 2.0 Mix-Up Mitigation enabled

Enable OAuth 2.0 mix-up mitigation on the authorization server side.

Enable this setting only if this OAuth 2.0 client supports the OAuth 2.0 Mix-Up Mitigation draft, otherwise AM will fail to validate access token requests received from this client.

Require Pushed Authorization Requests

If enabled, the client must use the PAR endpoint to initiate authorization requests.

Note that, even if this value is set to false, the authorization server may be configured to enforce PAR for all clients.

OpenID Connect

Claim(s)

Specify one or more claim name translations that will override those specified for the authentication session. Claims are values that are presented to the user to inform them what data is being made available to the client.

Claims can be in entered as simple strings, such as name, email, profile, or sub, or as a pipe-separated string in the format: scope|locale|localized description. For example, name|en|Full name of user.

Locale strings have the format: language_country_variant. For example, en, en_GB, or en_US_WIN. If you omit the locale and pipe, AM displays the localized description to users with undefined locales. If you omit the localized description, AM displays nothing to all users. For example, a claim of name| lets the client use the name claim but doesn’t display it to the user when requested.

If you don’t specify a value here, the value is computed from the OAuth 2.0 provider.

Post Logout Redirect URIs

Specify one or more allowable URIs to which AM can redirect the user-agent after the client logout process.

Client Session URI

Specify the relying party (client) URI to which the OpenID Connect Provider sends session changed notification messages using the HTML 5 postMessage API.

Default Max Age

Specify the maximum time in seconds that a user can be authenticated. If the user last authenticated earlier than this value, the user must reauthenticate. The request parameter max_age overrides this setting, if specified.

Minimum value: 0. A value of 0 forces the user to reauthenticate rather than use an existing session that might have been set in their browser by another client.

Default: 600

Default Max Age Enabled

Enable the default max age feature.

Default ACR values

Default Authentication Context Class Reference values.

Specify strings that will be requested as Voluntary Claims by default in all incoming requests.

Values specified in the acr_values request parameter or an individual acr claim request override these default values.

OpenID Connect JWT Token Lifetime (seconds)

Specify the time in seconds for a JWT to be valid. If this field is set to zero, the JWT token lifetime of the OAuth2 provider is used.

Don’t set a token lifetime greater than 86400 seconds (one day).

Default: 0

Backchannel Logout URL

Specify the URL to where AM will send the logout token during backchannel logout.

This URL can use the http or the https scheme, and may contain a port, a path, or query parameters, depending on the implementation of the relying party. For example, https://my-rp.example.com:443/logout.

For more information, refer to Backchannel logout.

Backchannel Logout Session Required

Specify whether to add the session ID (sid) to the logout token. The session ID identifies the relying party’s session with the provider.

For more information, refer to Backchannel logout.

Signing and Encryption

AM returns an error if the administrator tries to save a client profile configuration containing an unsupported signing or encryption algorithm on a client.

For example, upon saving the configuration, AM will return an error if there is a typo on an algorithm, or a symmetric signing or encryption algorithm is configured on a public client: these algorithms are derived from the client’s secret, which public clients do not have.

Clients registering dynamically must also send supported algorithms as part of their configuration, or AM will reject the registration request.

Different features support different algorithms. Refer to the documentation or the UI for more information.

Json Web Key URI: Specify the URI that contains the client’s public keys in JSON web key format.

When the client authenticates to AM using the private_key_jwt method, AM checks this field to find the public key to validate the JWT.
JWKs URI content cache timeout in ms: Specify the amount of time, in milliseconds, that the content of the JWKs' URI is cached for before being refreshed. Caching the content avoids fetching it for every token encryption or validation.

Default: 3600000
JWKs URI content cache miss cache time: Specify the amount of time, in milliseconds, that AM waits before fetching the URI’s content again when a key ID (kid) is not in the JWK set already cached.

For example, if a request comes in with a kid that is not in the cached JWKs, AM checks the value of JWKs' URI content cache miss cache time. If the amount of time specified in this property has already passed since the last time AM fetched the JWKs, AM fetches them again. Otherwise, the request is rejected.

Use this property as a rate limit to prevent denial-of-service attacks against the URI.

Default: 60000
Token Endpoint Authentication Signing Algorithm: Specify the JWS algorithm that must be used for signing JWTs used to authenticate the client at the Token Endpoint.

JWTs that are not signed with the selected algorithm in token requests from the client using the private_key_jwt or client_secret_jwt authentication methods will be rejected.

Default: RS256
Json Web Key: Raw JSON web key value containing the client’s public keys.
ID Token Signing Algorithm: Specify the signing algorithm that the ID token must be signed with.
Enable ID Token Encryption: Enable ID token encryption using the specified ID token encryption algorithm.
ID Token Encryption Algorithm: Specify the algorithm that the ID token must be encrypted with.

Default value: RSA1_5 (RSAES-PKCS1-V1_5).
ID Token Encryption Method: Specify the method that the ID token must be encrypted with.

Default value: A128CBC-HS256.

Authorization Response JWT Signing Algorithm: Specify the algorithm to be used to sign an authorization response JWT.

If configured, it must match one of the values set in the Authorization Response Signing Algorithms Supported property of the OAuth2 provider service.

Default value: RS256.

Authorization Response JWT Encryption Algorithm: Specify the algorithm to be used to encrypt an authorization response JWT.

To disable encryption of the authorization response JWT, ensure this property is not set.

To enable encryption, set the property to a valid value. This must match one of the values set in the Authorization Response Encryption Algorithms Supported property of the OAuth2 provider service.

Authorization Response JWT Encryption Method

Specify the encryption method to be used to secure an authorization response JWT.

If configured, it must match one of the values set in the Authorization Response Encryption Methods Supported property of the OAuth2 provider service.

Default value: A128CBC-HS256, when Authorization Response JWT Encryption Algorithm is set.

Client ID Token Public Encryption Key

Specify the Base64-encoded public key for encrypting ID tokens.

Client JWT Bearer Public Key Certificate

Specify the base64-encoded X509 certificate in PEM format. The certificate is never used during the signing process, but is used to obtain the client’s JWT bearer public key. The client uses the private key to sign client authentication and access token request JWTs, while AM uses the public key for verification.

The following is an example of the certificate:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIDETCCAfmgAwIBAgIEU8SXLj.....
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

You can generate a new key pair alias by using the Java keytool command. Follow the steps in To Create Key Aliases in an Existing Keystore.

For example:

$ keytool \
-list \
-alias myAlias \
-rfc \
-storetype JCEKS \
-keystore myKeystore.jceks \
-keypass myKeypass \
-storepass myStorepass
Alias name: myAlias
Creation date: Oct 27, 2020
Entry type: PrivateKeyEntry
Certificate chain length: 1
Certificate[1]:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIDETCCAfmgAwIBAgIEU8SXLj…
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

For more information, refer to JWT profile.

mTLS Self-Signed Certificate

Specify the base64-encoded X.509 certificate in PEM format that clients can use to authenticate to the access_token endpoint during mutual TLS authentication.

Only applies when clients use self-signed certificates to authenticate.

For more information, refer to Mutual TLS.

mTLS Subject DN

Specify the distinguished name that must exactly match the subject field in the client certificate used for mutual TLS authentication. For example, CN=myOauth2Client.

Only applies when clients use CA-signed certificates to authenticate.

For more information, refer to Mutual TLS.

Use Certificate-Bound Access Tokens

Specify that access tokens issued to this client should be bound to the X.509 certificate that it uses to authenticate to the access_token endpoint.

If enabled, AM adds a confirmation key labelled x5t#S256 to all access tokens. The confirmation key contains the SHA-256 hash of the client’s certificate.

For more information, refer to Certificate-bound proof-of-possession.

Public key selector

Select the format of the public keys for JWT profile client authentication, ID token encryption, and mTLS self-signed certificate authentication. Valid formats are:

JWKs_URI

Configure a URI that exposes the client public keys in the Json Web Key URI field, and ensure the following related properties have sensible values for your environment:
- JWKs URI content cache timeout in ms
- JWKs URI content cache miss cache time

JWKs

Enter a JWK Set containing one or more keys in the Json Web Key field. For example:

{
    "keys": [
        {
            "kty": "RSA",
            "n": "..."
        }
    ]
}

X509

Enter a key object or a single certificate in one of the following fields, depending on the feature you are configuring:
- (ID token encryption) Client ID Token Public Encryption Key. Requires an RSA public key object in X.509 PEM format. For example:
  -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- ...... -----END PUBLIC KEY-----
- (JWT client authentication) Client JWT Bearer Public Key. Requires an X.509 certificate in PEM format. For example:
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ..... -----END CERTIFICATE-----
- (mTLS client authentication) mTLS Self-Signed Certificate. Requires an X.509 certificate in PEM format. For example:
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ..... -----END CERTIFICATE-----

Default: JWKs_URI

User info response format.

Specify the output format from the UserInfo endpoint.

Default: User info JSON response format.

The supported output formats are as follows:

User info JSON response format.
User info encrypted JWT response format.
User info signed JWT response format.
User info signed then encrypted response format.

For more information on the output format of the UserInfo Response, refer to Successful UserInfo Response in the [ref]_OpenID Connect Core 1.0 incorporating errata set 1 _ specification.

User info signed response algorithm

Specify the JSON Web Signature (JWS) algorithm for signing UserInfo Responses. If specified, the response will be JSON Web Token (JWT) serialized, and signed using JWS.

The default, if omitted, is for the UserInfo Response to return the claims as a UTF-8-encoded JSON object using the application/json content type.

User info encrypted response algorithm

Specify the JSON Web Encryption (JWE) algorithm for encrypting UserInfo Responses.

If both signing and encryption are requested, the response will be signed then encrypted, with the result being a nested JWT.

The default, if omitted, is that no encryption is performed.

User info encrypted response encryption algorithm

Specify the JWE encryption method for encrypting UserInfo Responses. If specified, you must also specify an encryption algorithm in the User info encrypted response algorithm property.

AM supports the following encryption methods:

A128GCM, A192GCM, and A256GCM - AES in Galois Counter Mode (GCM) authenticated encryption mode.
A128CBC-HS256, A192CBC-HS384, and A256CBC-HS512 - AES encryption in CBC mode, with HMAC-SHA-2 for integrity.

Default: A128CBC-HS256

Request parameter signing algorithm

Specify the JWS algorithm for signing the request parameter.

Must match one of the values configured in the Request parameter Signing Algorithms supported property of the OAuth2 Provider service.

Refer to Advanced OpenID Connect.

Request parameter encryption algorithm

Specify the algorithm for encrypting the request parameter.

Must match one of the values configured in the Request parameter Encryption Algorithms supported property of the OAuth2 Provider service.

Refer to Advanced OpenID Connect.

Request parameter encryption method

Specify the method for encrypting the request parameter.

Must match one of the values configured in the Request parameter Encryption Methods supported property of the OAuth2 Provider service.

Refer to Advanced OpenID Connect.

Default: A128CBC-HS256

Token introspection response format

Specifies the format of the token introspection response. The possible values for this property are:

JSON response format
Signed JWT response format
Signed then encrypted JWT response format

Even if the client has configured the response to be JSON-formatted, it can request a signed JWT by adding the "Accept: application/jwt" header to the request. However, when a client that is configured to use either of the JWT-formatted responses requests a JSON response, AM returns an error. For an example, refer to /oauth2/introspect.

The JWT response format follows the JWT Response for OAuth Token Introspection Internet Draft.

For related signing and encryption algorithms, refer to the following properties:
Token introspection response signing algorithm
Token introspection response encryption algorithm
Token introspection response encryption method

Default: JSON response format

Token introspection response signing algorithm

Specifies the algorithm used to sign the token introspection response when it is formatted as a signed JWT.

Must match a value configured in the Token Introspection Response Signing Algorithms Supported property of the OAuth2 Provider service.

Refer to Advanced OpenID Connect.

AM supports the following signing algorithms:

HS256 - HMAC with SHA-256.
HS384 - HMAC with SHA-384.
HS512 - HMAC with SHA-512.
ES256 - ECDSA with SHA-256 and NIST standard P-256 elliptic curve.
ES384 - ECDSA with SHA-384 and NIST standard P-384 elliptic curve.
ES512 - ECDSA with SHA-512 and NIST standard P-521 elliptic curve.
RS256 - RSASSA-PKCS-v1_5 using SHA-256.
RS384 - RSASSA-PKCS-v1_5 using SHA-384.
RS512 - RSASSA-PKCS-v1_5 using SHA-512.

EdDSA - EdDSA with SHA-512.

The signing key used depends on the algorithm chosen. The relevant secret IDs and the default signing key aliases are shown in the table below:

The following table shows the secret ID mapping used to sign OpenID Connect ID tokens and backchannel logout tokens:

Secret ID Default Alias Algorithms⁽¹⁾

Secret ID	Default Alias	Algorithms⁽¹⁾
`am.services.oauth2.oidc.signing.ES256`	`es256test`	ES256
`am.services.oauth2.oidc.signing.ES384`	`es384test`	ES384
`am.services.oauth2.oidc.signing.ES512`	`es512test`	ES512
`am.services.oauth2.oidc.signing.RSA`	`rsajwtsigningkey`	PS256 PS384 PS512 RS256 RS384 RS512
`am.services.oauth2.oidc.signing.EDDSA`		EdDSA with SHA-512

am.services.oauth2.oidc.signing.ES256

es256test

ES256

am.services.oauth2.oidc.signing.ES384

es384test

ES384

am.services.oauth2.oidc.signing.ES512

es512test

ES512

am.services.oauth2.oidc.signing.RSA

rsajwtsigningkey

PS256
PS384
PS512
RS256
RS384
RS512

am.services.oauth2.oidc.signing.EDDSA

EdDSA with SHA-512

⁽¹⁾ The following applies to confidential clients only:

If you select an HMAC algorithm for signing ID tokens (HS256, HS384, or HS512), the Client Secret property value in the OAuth 2.0 Client is used as the HMAC secret instead of an entry from the secret stores.

Since the HMAC secret is shared between AM and the client, a malicious user compromising the client could potentially create tokens that AM would trust. Therefore, to protect against misuse, AM also signs the token using a non-shared signing key configured in the am.services.oauth2.jwt.authenticity.signing secret ID.

Default: RS256

Token introspection response encryption algorithm

Specifies the algorithm used to encrypt the token introspection response when it is formatted as a signed then encrypted JWT.

Must match a value configured in the Token Introspection Response Encryption Algorithms Supported property of the OAuth2 Provider service.

Refer to Advanced OpenID Connect.

AM supports the following encryption algorithms:

A128KW - AES Key Wrapping with 128-bit key derived from the client secret.
A192KW - AES Key Wrapping with 192-bit key derived from the client secret.
A256KW - AES Key Wrapping with 256-bit key derived from the client secret.
RSA-OAEP - RSA with Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) with SHA-1 and MGF-1.
RSA-OAEP-256 - RSA with OAEP with SHA-256 and MGF-1.
RSA1_5 - RSA with PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.
dir - Direct encryption with AES using the hashed client secret.
ECDH-ES - Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman
ECDH-ES+A128KW - Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman + AES Key Wrapping with 128-bit key.
ECDH-ES+A192KW - Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman + AES Key Wrapping with 192-bit key.
ECDH-ES+A256KW - Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman + AES Key Wrapping with 256-bit key.

The algorithms that are not specified as being derived from the client secret use the client’s public keys. For more information, refer to the Public key selector property.

+ Default: RSA-OAEP-256

Token introspection response encryption method

Specifies the encryption method used to encrypt the token introspection response when it is formatted as a signed then encrypted JWT.

Must match a value configured in the Token Introspection Response Encryption Methods Supported property of the OAuth2 Provider service.

Refer to Advanced OpenID Connect.

AM supports the following encryption methods:

A128GCM, A192GCM, and A256GCM - AES in Galois Counter Mode (GCM) authenticated encryption mode.
A128CBC-HS256, A192CBC-HS384, and A256CBC-HS512 - AES encryption in CBC mode, with HMAC-SHA-2 for integrity.

Default: A128CBC-HS256

UMA

Client Redirection URIs

This property is for future use, and not currently active.

Specify one or more allowable URIs to which the client can be redirected after the UMA claims collection process. The URIs must not contain a fragment (#).

If multiple URIs are registered, the client MUST specify the redirection URI to be redirected to following approval.

OAuth2 Provider Overrides

Enable OAuth2 Provider Overrides

Enable the OAuth 2.0 provider configuration to be overridden by the settings in this section.

When enabled, these client-level attributes override the corresponding attributes set by the OAuth 2.0 provider service or group.

The overriding attributes will only apply if this setting is enabled.

Issue Refresh Tokens

Whether to issue a refresh token when returning an access token.

Issue Refresh Tokens on Refreshing Access Tokens

Whether to issue a refresh token when refreshing an access token.

Use Policy Engine for Scope decisions

With this setting enabled, the policy engine is consulted for each scope value that is requested.

Scope decisions based on the policy engine are determined in the following way:

If a policy returns an action of GRANT=true, the scope is consented automatically, and the user is not consulted in a user-interaction flow.
If a policy returns an action of GRANT=false, the scope is not added to any resulting token, and AM does not display it to the user in a user-interaction flow.
If no policy returns a value for the GRANT action:
- For user-facing grant types, such as the authorization or device code flows, the user is asked for consent or saved consent is used.
- For grant types that are not user-facing, such as those using password or client credentials, the scope is not added to any resulting token.

Scopes Policy Set

The policy set that defines the context in which policy evaluations occur when Use Policy Engine for Scope decisions is enabled. Leave blank to use the default oauth2Scopes policy set.

Access Token Modification Plugin Type

This setting determines the type of plugin that is invoked:

SCRIPTED to run the script defined in Access Token Modification Script.
JAVA to run the class defined in Access Token Modifier Plugin Implementation Class.
PROVIDER to use the access token modification plugin settings configured on the OAuth2 provider.

Default value: PROVIDER

Access Token Modification Script

This script is run when issuing an access token. The script lets you modify the token, for example, by altering the data fields, before it is persisted or returned to the client.

The script is run if Access Token Modification Plugin Type is set to SCRIPTED.

See Access token modification.

Default value: --- Select a script ---

Access Token Modification Plugin Implementation Class

The Java class that provides the custom implementation for the access token modifier plugin interface, org.forgerock.oauth2.core.plugins.AccessTokenModifier. This class is invoked when Access Token Modification Plugin Type is set to JAVA.

Default value: [Empty]

OAuth2 Access Token May Act Script

The script that is executed when issuing an access token explicitly to modify the may_act claim placed on the token.

Refer to Token exchange.

Default value: --- Select a script ---

OIDC ID Token May Act Script

The script that is executed when issuing an OpenID Connect ID token explicitly to modify the may_act claim placed on the token.

Default value: --- Select a script ---

OIDC Claims Plugin Type

This setting can have the following possible values:

SCRIPTED to run the script defined in OIDC Claims Script.
JAVA to run the class defined in OIDC Claims Plugin Implementation Class.
PROVIDER to use the OIDC claims plugin settings configured on the OAuth2 provider.

Default value: PROVIDER

OIDC Claims Script

This script is run when issuing an ID token or during a request to the /userinfo OIDC endpoint. Use this script to retrieve claim values based on an issued access token.

The script is run if OIDC Claims Plugin Type is set to SCRIPTED.

Refer to Customize claims with the OpenID Connect 1.0 claims script.

Default value: --- Select a script ---

OIDC Claims Plugin Implementation Class

The Java class that provides the custom implementation for the OIDC claims plugin interface, org.forgerock.oauth2.core.plugins.UserInfoClaimsPlugin. This class is invoked when OIDC Claims Plugin Type is set to JAVA.

Default value: [Empty]

Custom Login URL Template

Supports Freemarker syntax, with the following variables:

Variable

Description

gotoUrl

The URL to redirect to after login.

acrValues

The Authentication Context Class Reference (acr) values for the authorization request.

realm

The AM realm the authorization request was made on.

module

The name of the AM authentication module requested to perform resource owner authentication.

service

The name of the AM authentication chain requested to perform resource owner authentication.

locale

A space-separated list of locales, ordered by preference.

The following example template redirects users to a non-AM front end to handle login, which will then redirect back to the /oauth2/authorize endpoint with any required parameters:

http://mylogin.com/login?goto=${goto}<#if acrValues??>&acr_values=${acrValues}</#if><#if realm??>&realm=${realm}</#if><#if module??>&module=${module}</#if><#if service??>&service=${service}</#if><#if locale??>&locale=${locale}</#if>

The default AM login page is constructed using the base URL source service.

Use Client-Side Access & Refresh Tokens

When enabled, AM issues client-side access and refresh tokens that can be inspected by resource servers.

Encrypt Client-Side Tokens

Whether client-side access and refresh tokens should be encrypted.

Enabling token encryption will disable token signing as encryption is performed using direct symmetric encryption.

Allow Clients to Skip Consent

If enabled, clients can be configured so that the resource owner will not be asked for consent during authorization flows.

Enable Remote Consent

Enables consent to be gathered by a separate service.

Remote Consent Service ID

The ID of an existing remote consent service agent.

Scope Evaluation Plugin Type

This setting can have the following possible values:

SCRIPTED to run the script defined in Scope Evaluation Script.
JAVA to run the class defined in Scope Evaluation Plugin Implementation Class.
PROVIDER to use the scope evaluation plugin settings configured on the OAuth2 provider.

Default value: PROVIDER

Scope Evaluation Script

This script retrieves and evaluates the scope information for an OAuth2 access token.

The script lets you populate the scopes with profile attribute values. For example, if one of the scopes is mail, AM sets mail to the resource owner’s email address in the token information returned.

Default value: --- Select a script ---

Scope Evaluation Plugin Implementation Class

The Java class that provides the custom implementation for the evaluate scope plugin interface: org.forgerock.oauth2.core.plugins.ScopeEvaluator.

Default value: org.forgerock.oauth2.core.plugins.registry.DefaultScopeEvaluator

Scope Validation Plugin Type

This setting can have the following possible values:

SCRIPTED to run the script defined in Scope Validation Script.
JAVA to run the class defined in Scope Validation Plugin Implementation Class.
PROVIDER to use the scope validation plugin settings configured on the OAuth2 provider.

Default value: PROVIDER

Scope Validation Script

This script validates and customizes the set of requested scopes for authorize, access token, refresh token, and back channel authorize requests.

Default value: --- Select a script ---

Scope Validation Plugin Implementation Class

The Java class that provides the custom implementation for the evaluate scope plugin interface: org.forgerock.oauth2.core.plugins.ScopeValidator.

Default value: org.forgerock.oauth2.core.plugins.registry.DefaultScopeValidator

Authorize Endpoint Data Provider Plugin Type

This setting can have the following possible values:

SCRIPTED to run the script defined in Authorize Endpoint Data Provider Script.
JAVA to run the class defined in Authorize Endpoint Data Provider Plugin Implementation Class.
PROVIDER to use the Authorize Endpoint Data Provider plugin settings configured on the OAuth2 provider.

Default value: PROVIDER

Authorize Endpoint Data Provider Script

Use this script to retrieve additional data from an authorization request, such as data from the user’s session or from an external service.

Default value: --- Select a script ---

Authorize Endpoint Data Provider Plugin Implementation Class

The Java class that provides the custom implementation for the evaluate scope plugin interface: org.forgerock.oauth2.core.plugins.AuthorizeEndpointDataProvider.

Default value: org.forgerock.oauth2.core.plugins.registry.DefaultEndpointDataProvider

Overrideable Id_Token Claims

List of claims in the ID token that can be overridden in the OIDC claims script. These should be the subset of the core OpenID Connect claims; for example aud or azp.

Some client configuration will depend on the configuration of the authorization server, and the type of client you are registering.

Configuration tips

Some basic points you must decide on are:

Is the client public or confidential?
What is its redirection URI?
Which scopes does it need?
What’s the name this client will show as in the UI pages?
Which grant types the client can use to request tokens?
Which tokens can this client request?
In the case of an OpenID Connect client:
- If the client is confidential, which authentication method will it use?
- Which claims does the client need?

When finished, save your work.

Shared application settings

To define shared settings for multiple client application profiles, you have these alternatives:

Configure default settings for all clients in the realm.

Client applications inherit their default settings from the OAuth 2.0 provider service. Find the settings in the AM admin UI under Realms > Realm Name > Services > OAuth2 Provider.
Create an OAuth 2.0 client profile group.

Client applications that belong to the group can inherit its settings.

Create group settings

In the AM admin UI, go to Realms > Realm Name > Applications > OAuth 2.0 > Clients.
On the Groups tab, click + Add Group, and click Create.
Adjust the configuration as needed, saving changes on each tab.
Assign clients to the group.

Inherit group settings

In the AM admin UI, go to Realms > Realm Name > Applications > OAuth 2.0 > Clients > Client ID.
On the Core tab, select the Group in the drop-down.
Save your work.

Selecting a group refreshes the client configuration, discarding any other unsaved settings.

Inheritance icons appear next to inherited group settings. Not all properties can inherit their value; for example, the Client secret property is specific to each client application.

Figure 1. Inheriting group settings
Inherit settings by clicking their inheritance icons .

The icon changes to , indicating the setting is inherited.
Save your work.

Configuration changes have the following effects:

When you change inherited settings in the group, the client applications get them automatically.
When you change a client application’s Group, locked settings inherit from the new group.
When you remove or delete a group, AM writes inherited settings to the client profile, which you can edit independently.

Access Management 7.4.1

Client application registration

Create a client profile

Shared application settings

Create group settings

Inherit group settings