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Wim Van LaerandGitHub 699ed17918 chore: rename configuration to settings (#11568)
# Which Problems Are Solved

naming inconsistencies: Configuration <-> Settings

# How the Problems Are Solved


# Additional Changes


# Additional Context

- Closes #11282
2026-02-18 14:25:42 +01:00

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---
title: Configure GitHub as an Identity Provider in ZITADEL
sidebar_label: GitHub
---
import GeneralConfigDescription from './_general_config_description.mdx';
import Intro from './_intro.mdx';
import CustomLoginPolicy from './_custom_login_policy.mdx';
import IDPsOverview from './_idps_overview.mdx';
import Activate from './_activate.mdx';
import TestSetup from './_test_setup.mdx';
import UnlinkedOAuth from './_unlinked_oauth.mdx';
import PrefillAction from './_prefill_action.mdx';
<Intro components={props.components} provider="GitHub"/>
## Open the GitHub Identity Provider Template
<IDPsOverview components={props.components} templates="GitHub or GitHub Enterprise Server"/>
Click on the ZITADEL Callback URL to copy it to your clipboard.
You will have to paste it to the GitHub OAuth application later.
![](../../../../public/img/guides/zitadel_github_create_provider.png)
## GitHub Configuration
### Register a new application
1. Create a new OAuth application
- For **GitHub** browse to the [Register a new OAuth application](https://github.com/settings/applications/new). You can find this link withing [Settings](https://github.com/settings/profile) - [Developer Settings](https://github.com/settings/apps) - - [OAuth Apps](https://github.com/settings/developers).
- For **GitHub Enterprise** go to your GitHub Enterprise home page and then to Settings - Developer Settings - OAuth Apps - Register a new application/New OAuth App
2. Fill in the application name and homepage URL.
3. [Paste the ZITADEL Callback URL you copied before](#open-the-github-identity-provider-template) to the Authorization callback URL field.
4. Click "Register application".
![](../../../../public/img/guides/github_oauth_app_registration.png)
### Client ID and secret
After clicking "Register application", you see the detail page of the application you have just created.
Copy the client ID directly from the detail page.
Generate a new secret by clicking "Generate new client secret".
Make sure to save the secret, as you will not be able to show it again.
![](../../../../public/img/guides/github_oauth_client_id_secret.png)
## ZITADEL Setup
Go back [to the GitHub provider template you opened before in ZITADEL](#open-the-github-identity-provider-template).
Add the [client ID and secret you created before when you registered your GitHub OAuth application](#client-id-and-secret).
You can optionally configure the following settings.
A useful default will be filled if you don't change anything.
**Scopes**: The scopes define which scopes will be sent to the provider, `openid`, `profile`, and `email` are prefilled.
This information is used to create and/or update the user within ZITADEL.
ZITADEL ensures that at least the `openid`-scope is always sent.
<GeneralConfigDescription components={props.components} provider_account="GitHub account" />
### Activate IdP
<Activate components={props.components} />
![](../../../../public/img/guides/zitadel_activate_github.png)
### Ensure your Login Policy allows External IDPs
<CustomLoginPolicy components={props.components} />
## Test the setup
<TestSetup components={props.components} loginscreen="your GitHub login"/>
![](../../../../public/img/guides/zitadel_login_github.png)
![](../../../../public/img/guides/github_login.png)
<UnlinkedOAuth components={props.components} provider="GitHub"/>
![](../../../../public/img/guides/zitadel_login_external_not_found_registration.png)
## Optional: Add ZITADEL action to autofill userdata
<PrefillAction components={props.components} fields="firstname and lastname" provider="GitHub"/>
```js reference
https://github.com/zitadel/actions/blob/main/examples/github_identity_provider.js
```