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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
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But that's only one aspect of automation. Another is infrastructure-as-code tools, such as Terraform, Ansible or Chef. Using these we can describe the target configuration of the external system, which is typically stored in one or multiple files. These files can then be part of our version control system, and the configuration can be partially dynamic, depending e.g. on the target environment. A separate tool-dependent process then applies the configuration to the external service, adjusting the "current" state with the "desired" state.
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OAuth2 relies on signed tokens being passed between interested parties. The tokens that Auth0 creates are JWT tokens, hence in an almost-human readable JSON format. That's yet another standard, which you can encounter when implementing the security layer of your application.
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