openproject/docs/system-admin-guide/authentication/oauth-applications/README.md

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# OAuth applications

To activate and configure oauth applications, navigate to -> *Administration* -> *Authentication* and choose -> *Oauth applications*.

## Add a new authentication application for oauth

To add a new oauth application, click the green **+ Add** button.

![Sys-admin-authenticatoin-oauth-applications](Sys-admin-authenticatoin-oauth-applications.png)



You can configure the following options to add your oauth application.

1. Enter the **name** of your oauth application.
2. **Define redirect URLs** where authorized users can be redirected to.
3. Check if the application will be used **confidentially**.
4. Choose **client credential flows** and define a user on whose behalf requests will be performed.
5. Press the blue **Create** button to add your oauth application.

![Sys-admin-authentication-add-oauth-application](Sys-admin-authentication-add-oauth-application.png)