NodePing OpenID Connect Authentication

NodePing supports OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication, allowing you to leverage SSO and multi-factor authentication by using an authentication provider that supports them. We support Google and Microsoft OpenID authentication as well as custom OIDC providers.

Logging in with Google and Microsoft’s general OpenID authentication is available to all accounts. To get started, select Google or Microsoft from the “Login Method” dropdown on our Login page and follow the prompts. The primary requirement for using OIDC to access your NodePing account is that the email address reported by Google or Microsoft matches one of the email addresses listed in your NodePing contact. NodePing contacts can include multiple email addresses, and any of these can be used to login. If you use different email addresses for your OpenID services, simply add those addresses to the appropriate contact in NodePing as the first step.

For Premier plan accounts, we also support custom OIDC providers. This is particularly useful for integrating with your company’s Microsoft Entra setup, where Microsoft includes the tenant ID in the OIDC discovery URL. NodePing supports any OIDC provider that can deliver an authentication response based on a discovery URL, client ID, and secret. These settings are provided by the third-party OIDC provider and can be configured in NodePing under Account Settings > OpenID Connect. Once these settings are configured, users can log in to NodePing by selecting “Custom OIDC Authentication” from the Login Method dropdown on our Login page and entering your NodePing account ID, or by visiting https://app.nodeping.com/login/[your NodePing account id]. If your provider requires you to specify the redirect URL, that should be https://app.nodeping.com/authredirect/[your NodePing account id].

For both general and custom OIDC authentication, the only permission NodePing requires from the OIDC provider account is access to your email address, which must be present on your NodePing contact. NodePing does not request or use any additional information from the OIDC provider. If you are configuring OIDC with a third-party provider, ensure that you do not grant any additional access. For custom OIDC setups, it’s important to restrict access to only our domains or URLs.

Once your OIDC integration is set up, you may want to require your NodePing contacts to use SSO login. This can be configured individually for each contact. Go to Contacts, click Edit for the relevant contact, set the Allowed Auth Types, and then click Save.

If you don’t have a NodePing account yet, give it a try! We offer a free, no-obligation 15-day trial. The best way to see if NodePing meets your needs is to try it out.