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Signed-off-by: Andre Wanlin <awanlin@spotify.com>
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title: Authentication in Backstage
description: Introduction to authentication in Backstage
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:::info
This documentation is written for [the new frontend system](../../frontend-system/index.md). If you are on the old frontend system you may want to read [its own article](./index.md) instead.
This documentation is written for [the new frontend system](../frontend-system/index.md). If you are on the old frontend system you may want to read [its own article](./index.md) instead.
:::
The authentication system in Backstage serves two distinct purposes: sign-in and identification of users, as well as delegating access to third-party resources. It is possible to configure Backstage to have any number of authentication providers, but only one of these will typically be used for sign-in, with the rest being used to provide access to external resources.
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There are generic authentication providers for OAuth2 and SAML. These can reduce the amount of code needed to implement a custom authentication provider that adheres to these standards.
Backstage uses [Passport](http://www.passportjs.org/) under the hood, which has a wide library of authentication strategies for different providers. See[Add authentication provider](add-auth-provider.md) for details on adding a new Passport-supported authentication method.
Backstage uses [Passport](http://www.passportjs.org/) under the hood, which has a wide library of authentication strategies for different providers. See [Add authentication provider](add-auth-provider.md) for details on adding a new Passport-supported authentication method.
## Custom ScmAuthApi Implementation
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:::info
This documentation is written for the old frontend system. If you are on the [new frontend system](../../frontend-system/index.md) you may want to read [its own article](./index--new.md) instead.
This documentation is written for the old frontend system. If you are on the [new frontend system](../frontend-system/index.md) you may want to read [its own article](./index--new.md) instead.
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The authentication system in Backstage serves two distinct purposes: sign-in and