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title: LinkedIn authentication
related:
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/integrating-3rd-party-systems/integrating-social-media.md
---

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LinkedIn is a business‑related social media website. By integrating LinkedIn authentication into your website, you can let users log in to your website using their LinkedIn user name and password.

## How to start using LinkedIn authentication

1. Register your application at <https://www.linkedin.com/secure/developer> – see [Creating your LinkedIn application](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/managing-users/user-registration-and-authentication/configuring-third-party-authentication-services/linkedin-authentication/creating-your-linkedin-application.md).
2. Set up Kentico for LinkedIn authentication – see [Settings - LinkedIn](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/configuring-kentico/managing-sites/configuring-settings-for-sites/settings-security-membership/settings-authentication/settings-linkedin.md).
3. Add the LinkedIn web parts onto the appropriate pages on your site – see [Web parts available for LinkedIn authentication](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/managing-users/user-registration-and-authentication/configuring-third-party-authentication-services/linkedin-authentication/web-parts-available-for-linkedin-authentication.md).

When a user signs in through a third-party authentication service for the first time, Kentico automatically creates a new user account for this user. Learn more about [managing users that sign in through a third-party authentication service](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/managing-users/user-registration-and-authentication/configuring-third-party-authentication-services/managing-user-accounts-created-via-third-party-authentication-services.md).

> **Note:** **Note**: To use LinkedIn authentication, you need to set up [HTTPS](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/securing-websites/deploying-websites-to-a-secure-environment/configuring-ssl.md) for your website. Your server (IIS) must support the **TLS 1.2** protocol.

## How it works

The following diagram illustrates how the process of LinkedIn authentication works:

![LinkedIn authentication process](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k12sp/linkedin-authentication/LinkedIn_auth_process.png "LinkedIn authentication process")