Welcome to Authentication daemon for external Broker

This is the code repository for authd, an authentication daemon for cloud-based identity provider.

Authd is a versatile authentication service for Ubuntu, designed to seamlessly integrate with cloud identity providers like OpenID Connect and Entra ID. It offers a secure interface for system authentication, supporting cloud-based identity management.

Authd features a modular structure, facilitating straightforward integration with different cloud services. This design aids in maintaining strong security and effective user authentication. It's well-suited for handling access to cloud identities, offering a balance of security and ease of use.

Authd uses brokers to interface with cloud identity providers through a DBus API. Currently only MS Entra ID is supported. For development purposes, Authd also provides an example broker to help you develop your own.

The MS Entra ID broker allows you to authenticate against MS Entra ID using MFA and the device authentication flow.

Installation and usage

The documentation provides detailed instructions for installing, configuring, and using Authd and the MS Entra ID provider.

Get involved

This is an open source project and we warmly welcome community contributions, suggestions, and constructive feedback. If you're interested in contributing, please take a look at our Contribution guidelines first.

• to report an issue, please file a bug report against our repository, using a bug template.
• for suggestions and constructive feedback, report a feature request bug report, using the proposed template.

Get in touch

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