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Auto identity provider

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Use the default auto identity provider to access the Solo UI with hardcoded users for development and testing.
The auto identity provider has limited support and is not recommended for production environments.
About

The auto identity provider (IdP) is the default IdP for the Solo UI. It is a simple provider that lets you access the Solo UI with a set of hardcoded users before you integrate with your own identity provider.
Limitations

  • Support: The auto provider is designed for development and testing purposes only and has limited support.
  • Customization: The auto provider is not customizable. No feature requests for enhancements are planned or accepted.
  • Multicluster: This provider does not work in multicluster environments.
Architecture

The auto provider is packaged inside the solo-enterprise-ui pod as the idp container. When you set oidc.issuer to an empty string in the Helm values, the UI uses the auto provider instead of an external OIDC provider.
The auto provider includes a set of hardcoded users that can be used to access the Solo UI with different levels of access.
UserGroupDescription
adminadminsFull access to all resources. This is the default login when using the auto IdP.
writerwritersCreate, read, and update access to all resources, but not delete.
readerreadersRead-only access to all resources.
Enable the auto provider

The auto provider is enabled by default when you set oidc.issuer to an empty string in the Helm values, such as in the install guide.

oidc:
  issuer: ""