What Is an Identity Provider Config?
An identity provider config is the registration of a trusted issuer within a platform, recording the issuer URL, its signing keys, and how to validate the tokens it mints. It lets the platform verify that an incoming token genuinely came from that provider. It is a prerequisite for federation and workload identity setups.
Why it matters
Without a correct provider config, a system cannot tell a legitimate token from a forged one. The config is what anchors trust in an external issuer.
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