OIDC - JWT-based Auth

Use JWT's to auth admins / users / projects into the proxy.

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Usage

Step 1. Setup Proxy

• JWT_PUBLIC_KEY_URL: This is the public keys endpoint of your OpenID provider. Typically it's {openid-provider-base-url}/.well-known/openid-configuration/jwks. For Keycloak it's {keycloak_base_url}/realms/{your-realm}/protocol/openid-connect/certs.
• JWT_AUDIENCE: This is the audience used for decoding the JWT. If not set, the decode step will not verify the audience.

export JWT_PUBLIC_KEY_URL="" # "https://demo.duendesoftware.com/.well-known/openid-configuration/jwks"

• enable_jwt_auth in your config. This will tell the proxy to check if a token is a jwt token.

general_settings:
  master_key: sk-1234
  enable_jwt_auth: True

model_list:
- model_name: azure-gpt-3.5 
  litellm_params:
      model: azure/<your-deployment-name>
      api_base: os.environ/AZURE_API_BASE
      api_key: os.environ/AZURE_API_KEY
      api_version: "2023-07-01-preview"

Step 2. Create JWT with scopes

admin

Create a client scope called litellm_proxy_admin in your OpenID provider (e.g. Keycloak).

Grant your user, litellm_proxy_admin scope when generating a JWT.

curl --location ' 'https://demo.duendesoftware.com/connect/token'' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'client_id={CLIENT_ID}' \
--data-urlencode 'client_secret={CLIENT_SECRET}' \
--data-urlencode 'username=test-{USERNAME}' \
--data-urlencode 'password={USER_PASSWORD}' \
--data-urlencode 'grant_type=password' \
--data-urlencode 'scope=litellm_proxy_admin' # 👈 grant this scope

project

Create a JWT for your project on your OpenID provider (e.g. Keycloak).

curl --location ' 'https://demo.duendesoftware.com/connect/token'' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'client_id={CLIENT_ID}' \ # 👈 project id
--data-urlencode 'client_secret={CLIENT_SECRET}' \
--data-urlencode 'grant_type=client_credential' \

Step 3. Test your JWT

/key/generate

curl --location '{proxy_base_url}/key/generate' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiI...' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{}'

/chat/completions

curl --location 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/v1/chat/completions' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1...' \
--data '{"model": "azure-gpt-3.5", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "What's the weather like in Boston today?" } ]}'

Advanced

Multiple OIDC providers

Use this if you want LiteLLM to validate your JWT against multiple OIDC providers (e.g. Google Cloud, GitHub Auth)

Set JWT_PUBLIC_KEY_URL in your environment to a comma-separated list of URLs for your OIDC providers.

export JWT_PUBLIC_KEY_URL="https://demo.duendesoftware.com/.well-known/openid-configuration/jwks,https://accounts.google.com/.well-known/openid-configuration/jwks"

Set Accepted JWT Scope Names

Change the string in JWT 'scopes', that litellm evaluates to see if a user has admin access.

general_settings:
  master_key: sk-1234
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    admin_jwt_scope: "litellm-proxy-admin"

Tracking End-Users / Internal Users / Team / Org

Set the field in the jwt token, which corresponds to a litellm user / team / org.

general_settings:
  master_key: sk-1234
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    admin_jwt_scope: "litellm-proxy-admin"
    team_id_jwt_field: "client_id" # 👈 CAN BE ANY FIELD
    user_id_jwt_field: "sub" # 👈 CAN BE ANY FIELD
    org_id_jwt_field: "org_id" # 👈 CAN BE ANY FIELD
    end_user_id_jwt_field: "customer_id" # 👈 CAN BE ANY FIELD

Expected JWT:

{
  "client_id": "my-unique-team",
  "sub": "my-unique-user",
  "org_id": "my-unique-org",
}

Now litellm will automatically update the spend for the user/team/org in the db for each call.

JWT Scopes

Here's what scopes on JWT-Auth tokens look like

Can be a list

scope: ["litellm-proxy-admin",...]

Can be a space-separated string

scope: "litellm-proxy-admin ..."

Control model access with Teams

1. Specify the JWT field that contains the team ids, that the user belongs to.

general_settings:
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    user_id_jwt_field: "sub"
    team_ids_jwt_field: "groups" 
    user_id_upsert: true # add user_id to the db if they don't exist
    enforce_team_based_model_access: true # don't allow users to access models unless the team has access

This is assuming your token looks like this:

{
  ...,
  "sub": "my-unique-user",
  "groups": ["team_id_1", "team_id_2"]
}

2. Create the teams on LiteLLM

curl -X POST '<PROXY_BASE_URL>/team/new' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <PROXY_MASTER_KEY>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-D '{
    "team_alias": "team_1",
    "team_id": "team_id_1" # 👈 MUST BE THE SAME AS THE SSO GROUP ID
}'

3. Test the flow

SSO for UI: See Walkthrough

OIDC Auth for API: See Walkthrough

Flow

• Validate if user id is in the DB (LiteLLM_UserTable)
• Validate if any of the groups are in the DB (LiteLLM_TeamTable)
• Validate if any group has model access
• If all checks pass, allow the request

Custom JWT Validate

Validate a JWT Token using custom logic, if you need an extra way to verify if tokens are valid for LiteLLM Proxy.

1. Setup custom validate function

from typing import Literal

def my_custom_validate(token: str) -> Literal[True]:
  """
  Only allow tokens with tenant-id == "my-unique-tenant", and claims == ["proxy-admin"]
  """
  allowed_tenants = ["my-unique-tenant"]
  allowed_claims = ["proxy-admin"]

  if token["tenant_id"] not in allowed_tenants:
    raise Exception("Invalid JWT token")
  if token["claims"] not in allowed_claims:
    raise Exception("Invalid JWT token")
  return True

2. Setup config.yaml

general_settings:
  master_key: sk-1234
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    user_id_jwt_field: "sub"
    team_id_jwt_field: "tenant_id"
    user_id_upsert: True
    custom_validate: custom_validate.my_custom_validate # 👈 custom validate function

3. Test the flow

Expected JWT

{
  "sub": "my-unique-user",
  "tenant_id": "INVALID_TENANT",
  "claims": ["proxy-admin"]
}

Expected Response

{
  "error": "Invalid JWT token"
}

Allowed Routes

Configure which routes a JWT can access via the config.

By default:

• Admins: can access only management routes (/team/*, /key/*, /user/*)
• Teams: can access only openai routes (/chat/completions, etc.)+ info routes (/*/info)

See Code

Admin Routes

general_settings:
  master_key: sk-1234
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    admin_jwt_scope: "litellm-proxy-admin"
    admin_allowed_routes: ["/v1/embeddings"]

Team Routes

general_settings:
  master_key: sk-1234
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    ...
    team_id_jwt_field: "litellm-team" # 👈 Set field in the JWT token that stores the team ID
    team_allowed_routes: ["/v1/chat/completions"] # 👈 Set accepted routes

Caching Public Keys

Control how long public keys are cached for (in seconds).

general_settings:
  master_key: sk-1234
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    admin_jwt_scope: "litellm-proxy-admin"
    admin_allowed_routes: ["/v1/embeddings"]
    public_key_ttl: 600 # 👈 KEY CHANGE

Custom JWT Field

Set a custom field in which the team_id exists. By default, the 'client_id' field is checked.

general_settings:
  master_key: sk-1234
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    team_id_jwt_field: "client_id" # 👈 KEY CHANGE

Block Teams

To block all requests for a certain team id, use /team/block

Block Team

curl --location 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/team/block' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <admin-token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "team_id": "litellm-test-client-id-new" # 👈 set team id
}'

Unblock Team

curl --location 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/team/unblock' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <admin-token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "team_id": "litellm-test-client-id-new" # 👈 set team id
}'

Upsert Users + Allowed Email Domains

Allow users who belong to a specific email domain, automatic access to the proxy.

general_settings:
  master_key: sk-1234
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    user_email_jwt_field: "email" # 👈 checks 'email' field in jwt payload
    user_allowed_email_domain: "my-co.com" # allows user@my-co.com to call proxy
    user_id_upsert: true # 👈 upserts the user to db, if valid email but not in db

[BETA] Control Access with OIDC Roles

Allow JWT tokens with supported roles to access the proxy.

Let users and teams access the proxy, without needing to add them to the DB.

Very important, set enforce_rbac: true to ensure that the RBAC system is enabled.

Note: This is in beta and might change unexpectedly.

general_settings:
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    object_id_jwt_field: "oid" # can be either user / team, inferred from the role mapping
    roles_jwt_field: "roles"
    role_mappings:
      - role: litellm.api.consumer
        internal_role: "team"
    enforce_rbac: true # 👈 VERY IMPORTANT

  role_permissions: # default model + endpoint permissions for a role. 
    - role: team
      models: ["anthropic-claude"]
      routes: ["/v1/chat/completions"]

environment_variables:
  JWT_AUDIENCE: "api://LiteLLM_Proxy" # ensures audience is validated

• object_id_jwt_field: The field in the JWT token that contains the object id. This id can be either a user id or a team id. Use this instead of user_id_jwt_field and team_id_jwt_field. If the same field could be both.

• roles_jwt_field: The field in the JWT token that contains the roles. This field is a list of roles that the user has. To index into a nested field, use dot notation - eg. resource_access.litellm-test-client-id.roles.

• role_mappings: A list of role mappings. Map the received role in the JWT token to an internal role on LiteLLM.

• JWT_AUDIENCE: The audience of the JWT token. This is used to validate the audience of the JWT token. Set via an environment variable.

Example Token

{
  "aud": "api://LiteLLM_Proxy",
  "oid": "eec236bd-0135-4b28-9354-8fc4032d543e",
  "roles": ["litellm.api.consumer"] 
}

Role Mapping Spec

• role: The expected role in the JWT token.
• internal_role: The internal role on LiteLLM that will be used to control access.

Supported internal roles:

• team: Team object will be used for RBAC spend tracking. Use this for tracking spend for a 'use case'.
• internal_user: User object will be used for RBAC spend tracking. Use this for tracking spend for an 'individual user'.
• proxy_admin: Proxy admin will be used for RBAC spend tracking. Use this for granting admin access to a token.

Architecture Diagram (Control Model Access)

[BETA] Control Model Access with Scopes

Control which models a JWT can access. Set enforce_scope_based_access: true to enforce scope-based access control.

1. Setup config.yaml with scope mappings.

model_list:
  - model_name: anthropic-claude
    litellm_params:
      model: anthropic/claude-3-5-sonnet
      api_key: os.environ/ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
  - model_name: gpt-3.5-turbo-testing
    litellm_params:
      model: gpt-3.5-turbo
      api_key: os.environ/OPENAI_API_KEY

general_settings:
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    team_id_jwt_field: "client_id" # 👈 set the field in the JWT token that contains the team id
    team_id_upsert: true # 👈 upsert the team to db, if team id is not found in db
    scope_mappings:
      - scope: litellm.api.consumer
        models: ["anthropic-claude"]
      - scope: litellm.api.gpt_3_5_turbo
        models: ["gpt-3.5-turbo-testing"]
    enforce_scope_based_access: true # 👈 enforce scope-based access control
    enforce_rbac: true # 👈 enforces only a Team/User/ProxyAdmin can access the proxy.

Scope Mapping Spec

• scope: The scope to be used for the JWT token.
• models: The models that the JWT token can access. Value is the model_name in model_list. Note: Wildcard routes are not currently supported.

2. Create a JWT with the correct scopes.

Expected Token:

{
  "scope": ["litellm.api.consumer", "litellm.api.gpt_3_5_turbo"] # can be a list or a space-separated string
}

3. Test the flow.

curl -L -X POST 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/v1/chat/completions' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGci...' \
-d '{
  "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo-testing",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Hey, how'\''s it going 1234?"
    }
  ]
}'

[BETA] Sync User Roles and Teams with IDP

Automatically sync user roles and team memberships from your Identity Provider (IDP) to LiteLLM's database. This ensures that user permissions and team memberships in LiteLLM stay in sync with your IDP.

Note: This is in beta and might change unexpectedly.

Use Cases

• Role Synchronization: Automatically update user roles in LiteLLM when they change in your IDP
• Team Membership Sync: Keep team memberships in sync between your IDP and LiteLLM
• Centralized Access Management: Manage all user permissions through your IDP while maintaining LiteLLM functionality

Setup

1. Configure JWT Role Mapping

Map roles from your JWT token to LiteLLM user roles:

general_settings:
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    user_id_jwt_field: "sub"
    team_ids_jwt_field: "groups"
    roles_jwt_field: "roles"
    user_id_upsert: true
    sync_user_role_and_teams: true # 👈 Enable sync functionality
    jwt_litellm_role_map: # 👈 Map JWT roles to LiteLLM roles
      - jwt_role: "ADMIN"
        litellm_role: "proxy_admin"
      - jwt_role: "USER"
        litellm_role: "internal_user"
      - jwt_role: "VIEWER"
        litellm_role: "internal_user"

2. JWT Role Mapping Spec

• jwt_role: The role name as it appears in your JWT token. Supports wildcard patterns using fnmatch (e.g., "ADMIN_*" matches "ADMIN_READ", "ADMIN_WRITE", etc.)
• litellm_role: The corresponding LiteLLM user role

Supported LiteLLM Roles:

• proxy_admin: Full administrative access
• internal_user: Standard user access
• internal_user_view_only: Read-only access

3. Example JWT Token

{
  "sub": "user-123",
  "roles": ["ADMIN"],
  "groups": ["team-alpha", "team-beta"],
  "iat": 1234567890,
  "exp": 1234567890
}

How It Works

When a user makes a request with a JWT token:

1. Role Sync:

   • LiteLLM checks if the user's role in the JWT matches their role in the database
   • If different, the user's role is updated in LiteLLM's database
   • Uses the jwt_litellm_role_map to convert JWT roles to LiteLLM roles

2. Team Membership Sync:

   • Compares team memberships from the JWT token with the user's current teams in LiteLLM
   • Adds the user to new teams found in the JWT
   • Removes the user from teams not present in the JWT

3. Database Updates:

   • Updates happen automatically during the authentication process
   • No manual intervention required

Configuration Options

general_settings:
  enable_jwt_auth: True
  litellm_jwtauth:
    # Required fields
    user_id_jwt_field: "sub"
    team_ids_jwt_field: "groups"
    roles_jwt_field: "roles"
    
    # Sync configuration
    sync_user_role_and_teams: true
    user_id_upsert: true
    
    # Role mapping
    jwt_litellm_role_map:
      - jwt_role: "AI_ADMIN_*"  # Wildcard pattern
        litellm_role: "proxy_admin"
      - jwt_role: "AI_USER"
        litellm_role: "internal_user"

Important Notes

• Performance: Sync operations happen during authentication, which may add slight latency
• Database Access: Requires database access for user and team updates
• Team Creation: Teams mentioned in JWT tokens must exist in LiteLLM before sync can assign users to them
• Wildcard Support: JWT role patterns support wildcard matching using fnmatch

Testing the Sync Feature

1. Create a test user with initial role:

curl -X POST 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/user/new' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <PROXY_MASTER_KEY>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
    "user_id": "user-123",
    "user_role": "internal_user"
}'

2. Make a request with JWT containing different role:

curl -X POST 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/v1/chat/completions' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <JWT_WITH_ADMIN_ROLE>' \
-d '{
  "model": "claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
  "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
}'

3. Verify the role was updated:

curl -X GET 'http://0.0.0.0:4000/user/info?user_id=user-123' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <PROXY_MASTER_KEY>'

All JWT Params

See Code