# How to Implement a Secure Central Authentication Service in Six Steps

DevFeed: [How to Implement a Secure Central Authentication Service in Six Steps](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-implement-a-secure-central-authentication-service-in-six-steps-1439.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/implement-secure-central-authentication-service-six-steps>)

Author: Justin Filip

Published: 2019-12-26T15:30:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [OpenID connect (OIDC)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oidc.md>), [Single sign-on (SSO)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sso.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [oidc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oidc.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [sso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sso.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes building its centralized Identity authentication service on OpenID Connect (OIDC) to support account consolidation and single sign-on for staff using multiple stores.

## Source excerpt

We created a centralized authentication service, called Identity, by building upon functionality from the OpenID Connect (OIDC) specification.