Allowing built-in authentication for users outside your identity provider

About built-in authentication for users outside your identity provider

You can use built-in authentication for outside users when you are unable to add specific accounts to your identity provider (IdP), such as accounts for contractors or machine users. You can also use built-in authentication to access a fallback account if the identity provider is unavailable.

After built-in authentication is configured and a user successfully authenticates with SAML or CAS, they will no longer have the option to authenticate with a username and password. If a user successfully authenticates with LDAP, the credentials are no longer considered internal.

Built-in authentication for a specific IdP is disabled by default.

Configuring built-in authentication for users outside your identity provider

1. From an administrative account on GitHub Enterprise Server, click in the upper-right corner of any page.
2. In the left sidebar, click Management Console.
3. In the left sidebar, click Authentication.
4. Select your identity provider.
5. Select Allow creation of accounts with built-in authentication.
6. Read the warning, then click Ok.

Two-factor authentication

When using LDAP or built-in authentication, two-factor authentication is supported. Organization administrators can require members to have two-factor authentication enabled.

Inviting users outside your identity provider to authenticate to your instance

When a user accepts the invitation, they can use their username and password to sign in rather than signing in through the IdP.

1. Sign in to your GitHub Enterprise Server instance at http(s)://HOSTNAME/login.
2. From an administrative account on GitHub Enterprise Server, click in the upper-right corner of any page.
3. In the left sidebar, click Invite user.
4. Type the username and email address for each of the user accounts that you'd like to create, then click Generate a password reset link.

Further reading

• "Using LDAP"
• "Using SAML"
• "Using CAS"