How to set up OpenID Connect on Elastic Cloud with Azure, Google, or Okta
OpenID Connect (OIDC) is an authentication layer based on OAuth 2.0 protocol that provides a way to identify and authenticate users via an authorization server. OAuth 2.0 authorization servers are managed by identity providers. In the domain associated with OIDC, they are also called OpenID Connect Providers (OPs). OIDC allows users to connect to web applications in a simplistic single sign-on (SSO) manner thanks to the identity provider.