# Authentication and provisioning - [Overview of authentication and provisioning](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/overview.md): SonarQube Server can delegate authentication via HTTP Headers, GitHub Authentication, GitLab Authentication, Bitbucket Cloud Authentication, SAML, or LDAP. - [HTTP header](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/http-header.md): Setting up the HTTP header authentication in your SonarQube Server instance. - [LDAP](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/ldap.md): Setting up the LDAP authentication in your SonarQube Server instance. - [SAML](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml.md): Setting up SAML authentication in your SonarQube Server instance. - [Overview of SAML support](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/overview.md): You can delegate authentication to a SAML 2.0 identity provider using SAML authentication. SonarQube Server uses the Service Provider (SP) initiated SAML. - [With Microsoft Entra ID](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ms-entra-id.md): Setting up SAML authentication with Microsoft Entra ID in your SonarQube Server instance. - [Introduction to SAML with Microsoft Entra ID](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ms-entra-id/introduction.md): Main steps of SAML authentication setup with Microsoft Entra ID. - [Setup in Microsoft Entra ID](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ms-entra-id/setup-in-entra-id.md): This page describes how to register SonarQube Server in Microsoft Entra ID. - [Setup in SonarQube Server](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ms-entra-id/setup-in-sq.md): This page describes how to setup in SonarQube Server SAML with Microsoft Entra ID. - [Setup of security features](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ms-entra-id/optional-security-features.md): To improve security, you can set up the encryption of SAML assertions sent by Microsoft Entra ID and the signing of SAML requests sent by SonarQube Server. - [With Keycloak](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/how-to-set-up-keycloak.md): Setting up SAML authentication with Keycloak in your SonarQube Server instance. - [With Okta](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/how-to-set-up-okta.md): Setting up SAML authentication with Okta in your SonarQube Server instance. - [With Ping Identity](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ping-identity.md): Setting up SAML authentication with Ping Identity in your SonarQube Server instance. - [Introduction to SAML with Ping Identity](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ping-identity/introduction.md): Main steps of SAML setup with Ping Identity. - [Setup in Ping Identity](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ping-identity/setup-in-ping-identity.md): This page explains how to register SonarQube Server in PingOne or PingFederate. - [Setup in SonarQube Server](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ping-identity/setup-in-sq.md): This page describes how to set up SAML with Ping Identity in SonarQube Server. - [Setup of security features](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/ping-identity/optional-security-features.md): To improve security, you can set up the encryption of SAML assertions sent by Ping Identity and the signing of SAML requests sent by SonarQube Server. - [With SCIM provisioning](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/scim.md): Setting up automatic provisioning between SonarQube Server and Microsoft Entra ID or Okta using SCIM. - [SCIM overview](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/scim/overview.md): SCIM helps you automatically provision user and groups to SonarQube Server. - [SCIM with Microsoft Entra ID](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/scim/scim-provisioning-with-azure-ad.md): Enable SCIM to automate user and group provisioning from Microsoft Entra ID to SonarQube Server. - [SCIM with Okta](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/saml/scim/scim-provisioning-with-okta.md): Enable SCIM to automate user and group provisioning from Okta to SonarQube Server. - [GitHub](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/github.md): Setting up the GitHub authentication in your SonarQube Server instance. - [Bitbucket Cloud](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/bitbucket-cloud.md): Setting up the Bitbucket Cloud authentication in your SonarQube Server instance. - [GitLab](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/gitlab.md): Setting up the GitLab authentication in your SonarQube Server instance. - [Provisioning modes](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/gitlab/provisioning-modes.md): This section describes GitLab provisioning modes - [Introduction to GitLab provisioning modes](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/gitlab/provisioning-modes/introduction.md): Overview of the GitLab authentication's provisioning modes. - [Just-in-Time provisioning](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/gitlab/provisioning-modes/just-in-time.md): With the Just-in-Time (JIT) provisioning mode, user accounts are automatically created in SonarQube Server when GitLab users log in for the first time. - [Automatic provisioning](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/gitlab/provisioning-modes/automatic.md): With GitLab automatic provisioning mode, you can benefit from automatic user provisioning, deprovisioning and synchronization of groups and permissions in SonarQube Server. - [Setting up authentication](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/gitlab/setting-up.md): Setting up the GitLab authentication and provisioning in SonarQube Server. - [Managing JIT provisioning](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/gitlab/managing-jit-mode.md): Once you’ve set up GitLab authentication and provisioning with the Just-in-Time (JIT) provisioning mode, you can set or change JIT provisioning mode options. - [Managing automatic provisioning](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/gitlab/managing-automatic-provisioning.md): Starting from the Developer Edition, you can enable the automatic user and group provisioning in SonarQube Server. - [Disabling authentication](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/gitlab/disabling.md): To disable GitLab authentication and provisioning in SonarQube Server, you must disable the GitLab authentication configuration. - [Troubleshooting](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/troubleshooting.md): Troubleshooting authentication and provisioning. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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