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diff --git a/doc/integration/oauth_provider.md b/doc/integration/oauth_provider.md index 5fdb74a43df..192c321f712 100644 --- a/doc/integration/oauth_provider.md +++ b/doc/integration/oauth_provider.md @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ -## GitLab as OAuth2 provider +## GitLab as OAuth2 authentication service provider + +This document is about using GitLab as an OAuth authentication service provider to sign into other services. +If you want to use other OAuth authentication service providers to sign into GitLab please see the [OAuth2 client documentation](../api/oauth2.md) + OAuth2 provides client applications a 'secure delegated access' to server resources on behalf of a resource owner. Or you can allow users to sign in to your application with their GitLab.com account. In fact OAuth allows to issue access token to third-party clients by an authorization server, with the approval of the resource owner, or end-user. |