{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "operate/rc/security/access-control/social-login",
  "title": "Social login",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/security/access-control/social-login/",
  "summary": "Social login with Redis Cloud.",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "operate",
    "rc"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-09-25T14:59:57+01:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "93af2e312f14b2986944ddcb88683375c4598c664a6d23823f7ac267c3951606",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "Redis Cloud supports the following social logins:\n- [GitHub](https://github.com/)\n- [Google](https://accounts.google.com/)\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> If your Google and GitHub accounts share an email address (such as Gmail), you can use either one to sign in to the same Redis Cloud account."
    },
    {
      "id": "create-a-new-account-with-social-login",
      "title": "Create a new account with social login",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "To set up Google login:\n\n1. Select **Google** from the [sign-in](https://cloud.redis.io/) screen.\n1. Sign in with the Google account you would like to use.\n1. Select **Confirm** on the **Sign in with Google** prompt.\n\nTo set up GitHub login:\n\n1. Select **Github** from the [sign-in](https://cloud.redis.io/) screen.\n2. Sign in with the Github account you would like to use.\n3. Select **Authorize** on the **Authorize Redis Okta Auth Github** prompt.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> If the email address associated with your GitHub account is not public, you will see an error message that your sign in attempt failed. You need to [make your email address public](https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences) on GitHub before you try again."
    },
    {
      "id": "migrate-an-existing-account-to-social-login",
      "title": "Migrate an existing account to social login",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "If you already have a Redis Cloud account that requires an email address and password to sign in, you can migrate your existing account to use a social login associated with that same email address instead.\n\n> [!WARNING]\n> Once you migrate your account to use social login, you cannot revert to your old email/password sign in method.\n\nTo migrate your account to Google social login:\n\n1. Select **Google** on the [sign-in](https://cloud.redis.io/) screen.\n1. Choose your preferred account from the list.\n1. A confirmation prompt will display and warn that you cannot revert to your old sign in method if you proceed with the migration to social login.\n1. Select **Confirm** to continue migration.\n\nTo migrate your account to GitHub social login:\n\n1. Select **Github** on the [sign-in](https://cloud.redis.io/) screen.\n1. Select **Authorize** on the **Authorize Redis Okta Auth Github** prompt.\n1. Enter your GitHub password to **Confirm access**. A confirmation prompt warns that you cannot revert to your old sign-in method if you proceed with the migration to social login.\n1. Select **Confirm** to continue migration."
    }
  ],
  "examples": []
}