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// * authentication/identity_providers/configuring-github-identity-provider.adoc

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= About GitHub authentication

Configuring link:https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/authorizing-oauth-apps[GitHub authentication] allows users to log in to {product-title} with their GitHub credentials. To prevent anyone with any GitHub user ID from logging in to your {product-title} cluster, you can restrict access to only those in specific GitHub organizations.
