Authentication Flows
Aidbox is coming with the built-in auth module with out of the box:
OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect Auth server implementation
Sign Up/Sign In workflows with email or phone number
Sign In using user password or external Auth Providers (like Google, Facebook, Auth0 etc)
SCIM User and Group management module
Access by JWT for Aidbox as a resource server
How to choose your flow?
API Consumer
If you have backend service or periodical job that wants to interact with Aidbox API, you can use session-less Basic Auth, Client Credentials Grant (OAuth) or Access by JWT.
Web Application
If you want to work with Aidbox from a web application or implement Single Sign-On using Aidbox as Identity Server, consider Authorization Code Grant or Access by JWT
Single Page Application
For SPA you can use Implicit Grant, Authorization Code Grant without secret or Access by JWT.
Mobile and Desktop Application
For mobile and desktop application the simplest option is Resource Owner Credentials
Auth Sandbox
Aidbox is coming with Auth Sandbox - a small app that helps you configure and test all features of Auth module in Aidbox. Click the Auth Sandbox link in Aidbox UI navigation menu:
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