GitHub OAuth + JupyterHub Authenticator = OAuthenticator

For an example docker image using OAuthenticator, see the example directory.

There is another example for using GitHub OAuth to spawn each user's server in a separate docker container.

Install with pip:

pip3 install oauthenticator

Or clone the repo and do a dev install:

git clone https://github.com/jupyter/oauthenticator.git
cd oauthenticator
pip3 install -e .

First, you'll need to create a GitHub OAuth application. Make sure the callback URL is:

http[s]://[your-host]/hub/oauth_callback

Where [your-host] is where your server will be running. Such as example.com:8000.

Then, add the following to your jupyterhub_config.py file:

c.JupyterHub.authenticator_class = 'oauthenticator.GitHubOAuthenticator'

(you can also use LocalGitHubOAuthenticator to handle both local and GitHub auth).

You will additionally need to specify the OAuth callback URL, the client ID, and the client secret (you should have gotten these when you created your OAuth app on GitHub). For example, if these values are in the environment variables $OAUTH_CALLBACK_URL, $GITHUB_CLIENT_ID and $GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET, you should add the following to your jupyterhub_config.py:

c.GitHubOAuthenticator.oauth_callback_url = os.environ['OAUTH_CALLBACK_URL']
c.GitHubOAuthenticator.client_id = os.environ['GITHUB_CLIENT_ID']
c.GitHubOAuthenticator.client_secret = os.environ['GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET']