Help with OpenID OIDC

[archos]

Hey, sorry for the stupid question. Somehow I can't figure out how to start using OpenID.
Where can I find the creation of user id and clientsecret please?
By client application, is it meant for example Nextcloud?
In every application that would be connected via openID do I need to fill this in for each user?
Once again, I'm very sorry for my question, I guess I'm misunderstanding the whole thing.
Thank you very much for the information and advice.

[luckow]

no sorry. no worries
If you don't understand it, it's a problem with the documentation on the Cloudron site https://docs.cloudron.io/user-management/#openid-connect But to be fair, the documentation can't explain every topic from Adam to Eve. So to get an idea of the fantastic new world of self-hosting, you need many different starting points to get the background and sometimes training.
This is imho the most important starting point to get motivated for OpenID connect https://openid.net/connect/

But you found your way to a forum with friendly people who are willing to invest their lifetime to help other people on their way to self-hosting

1. see if your app supports OpenID Connect. Not every app is suitable for OIC
2. If yes, go to your Cloudron Dashboard as a user with the Admin role. Go to Users there. Scroll down and search for OpenID Connect Provider. Press Settings
3. There you will find all necessary/corresponding settings for your app.
4. Click New Client and enter the required information. You are free to use any super duper secrets generator. Most of the time I use something like openssl rand -hex 32 in my terminal.
5. Save the Cloudron New Client and the settings page in your app.
6. Give it a try.

And: It is a general setting. You don't need to repeat it for each user.

If everything works in your app, share your findings with us in this thread https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/8940/apps-with-openid-connect-provider-beta?_=1684065724619

[archos]

@luckow Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. It doesn't seem so complicated anymore. You have helped me a lot. Thank you very much indeed.