Configure custom authorization servers for External OAuth¶

Obtain key environment values to use External OAuth¶

When you configure your IdP and authorization server, you must collect the following values to define an External OAuth security integration:

Issuer URL:

Include this URL with the external_oauth_issuer parameter.

RSA Public Key:

Include this value with the external_oauth_rsa_public_key parameter.

Audience URLs:

If more than one Audience URL is necessary, separate each URL with a comma in the external_oauth_audience_list parameter.

Scope attribute:

You can set this value to scp or scope. By default, this value is scp.

You can set the value of the external_oauth_scope_mapping_attribute parameter to this value.

If you do not use the default value, scp, then set value of the external_oauth_scope_mapping_attribute parameter to scope.

For more information, refer to External OAuth token payload requirements.

User Attribute:

This attribute refers to attribute to identify users in your IdP. Include this attribute value in the external_oauth_user_mapping_claim parameter.

Snowflake User Attribute:

The attribute in Snowflake to identify users. Include this value in the external_oauth_snowflake_user_mapping_attribute parameter.

Create an External OAuth security integration in Snowflake¶

This step creates an External OAuth security integration in Snowflake. The External OAuth security integration ensures that Snowflake can communicate securely with and validate access tokens from your custom authorization server, and provide users access to Snowflake data based on their user role associated with the access token. For more information, see CREATE SECURITY INTEGRATION.

Create an External OAuth security integration in Snowflake

create security integration external_oauth_custom
    type = external_oauth
    enabled = true
    external_oauth_type = custom
    external_oauth_issuer = '<authorization_server_url>'
    external_oauth_rsa_public_key = '<public_key_value>'
    external_oauth_audience_list = ('<audience_url_1>', '<audience_url_2>')
    external_oauth_token_user_mapping_claim = 'upn'
    external_oauth_snowflake_user_mapping_attribute = 'login_name';

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Modifying Your External OAuth Security Integration¶

You can update your External OAuth security integration by executing an ALTER statement on the security integration.

For more information, see ALTER SECURITY INTEGRATION (External OAuth).

Using ANY role with External OAuth¶

In the configuration step to create a security integration in Snowflake, the OAuth access token includes the scope definition. Therefore, at runtime, using the External OAuth security integration allows neither the OAuth client nor the user to use an undefined role in the OAuth access token.

After validating the access token and creating a session, the ANY role can allow the OAuth client and user to decide its role. If necessary, the client or the user can switch to a role that is different that the role defined in the OAuth access token.

To configure ANY role, define the scope as SESSION:ROLE-ANY and configure the security integration with the external_oauth_any_role_mode parameter. This parameter can have three possible string values:

• DISABLE does not allow the OAuth client or user to switch roles (i.e. use role <role>;). Default.

• ENABLE allows the OAuth client or user to switch roles.

• ENABLE_FOR_PRIVILEGE allows the OAuth client or user to switch roles only for a client or user with the USE_ANY_ROLE privilege. This privilege can be granted and revoked to one or more roles available to the user. For example:

  grant USE_ANY_ROLE on integration external_oauth_1 to role1;
  

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  revoke USE_ANY_ROLE on integration external_oauth_1 from role1;
  

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Define the security integration as follows:

create security integration external_oauth_1
    type = external_oauth
    enabled = true
    external_oauth_any_role_mode = 'ENABLE'
    ...

Using secondary roles with External OAuth¶

The desired scope for the primary role is passed in the external token: either the default role for the user (session:role-any) or a specific role that was granted to the user (session:role:<role_name>).

By default, Snowflake does not activate the default secondary roles for a user (i.e. the DEFAULT_SECONDARY_ROLES) user in the session.

To activate the default secondary roles for a user in a session and allow executing the USE SECONDARY ROLES command while using External OAuth, complete the following steps:

1. Configure the security integration for the connection. Set the EXTERNAL_OAUTH_ANY_ROLE_MODE parameter value to either ENABLE or ENABLE_FOR_PRIVILEGE when you create the security integration (using CREATE SECURITY INTEGRATION) or later (using ALTER SECURITY INTEGRATION).

2. Configure the authorization server to pass the static value of session:role-any in the scope attribute of the token. For more information about the scope parameter, see External OAuth overview.

Using Client Redirect with External OAuth¶

Snowflake supports using Client Redirect with External OAuth, including using Client Redirect and External OAuth with supported Snowflake Clients.

For more information, see Redirecting client connections.

Using network policies with External OAuth¶

Currently, network policies cannot be added to your External OAuth security integration. However, you can still implement network policies that apply broadly to the entire Snowflake account.

If your use case requires a network policy that is specific to the OAuth security integration, use Snowflake OAuth. This approach allows the Snowflake OAuth network policy to be distinct from other network policies that may apply to the Snowflake account.

For more information, see Network policies.

Using replication with External OAuth¶

Snowflake supports replication and failover/failback of the External OAuth security integration from a source account to a target account.

For details, see Replication of security integrations & network policies across multiple accounts.