[NIFI-4210] Add OpenId Connect support for authenticating users

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: Core Framework, Core UI
• Labels: documentation
• Assignee: Matt Gilman
• Reporter: Matt Gilman
• Created: 20/Jul/17 14:25
• Updated: 15/Sep/21 14:58
• Resolved: 10/Aug/17 18:17

Description

Add support for authenticating users with the OpenId Connection specification. Evaluate whether a new extension point is necessary to allow for a given provider to supply custom code for instance to implement custom token validation.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2047
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2047