diff --git a/template/stacks/core/forgejo/forgejo-sso/secret-forgejo.yaml b/template/stacks/core/forgejo/forgejo-sso/secret-forgejo.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09318c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/stacks/core/forgejo/forgejo-sso/secret-forgejo.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: auth-generic-oauth-secret
+  namespace: gitea 
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    name: keycloak
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+  refreshInterval: "0"
+  target:
+    name: auth-generic-oauth-secret
+    template:
+      engineVersion: v2
+      data:
+        client_secret: "{{.FORGEJO_CLIENT_SECRET}}"
+  data:
+    - secretKey: FORGEJO_CLIENT_SECRET
+      remoteRef:
+        key: keycloak-clients
+        property: FORGEJO_CLIENT_SECRET
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/template/stacks/core/forgejo/values.yaml b/template/stacks/core/forgejo/values.yaml
index dda08f7..1517571 100644
--- a/template/stacks/core/forgejo/values.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/core/forgejo/values.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ gitea:
     server:
       DOMAIN: '{{{ .Env.DOMAIN_GITEA }}}'
       ROOT_URL: 'https://{{{ .Env.DOMAIN_GITEA }}}:443'
+    oauth2_client:
+      ENABLE_AUTO_REGISTRATION: true
+      ACCOUNT_LINKING: auto      
+#  oauth:
+#    - name: 'Keycloak'
+#      provider: 'openidConnect'
+#      # key: 'forgejo'
+#      # secret: 'uWEGALJKmNyUojJaK5LAK0w4OCEEDpDu'
+#      existingSecret: forgejo-oidc
+#      autoDiscoverUrl: 'https://{{{ .Env.DOMAIN }}}/keycloak/realms/cnoe/.well-known/openid-configuration'
+#      # admin-group: is to specify which keycloak group has forgejo admin permissions  
 
 service:
   ssh:
diff --git a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/keycloak/manifests/keycloak-config.yaml b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/keycloak/manifests/keycloak-config.yaml
index e2a0981..752ba7d 100644
--- a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/keycloak/manifests/keycloak-config.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/keycloak/manifests/keycloak-config.yaml
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ data:
   user-user1.json: |
     {
         "username": "user1",
-        "email": "",
+        "email": "user1@user.de",
         "firstName": "user",
         "lastName": "one",
         "requiredActions": [],
-        "emailVerified": false,
+        "emailVerified": true,
         "groups": [
           "/admin"
         ],
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ data:
   user-user2.json: |
     {
         "username": "user2",
-        "email": "",
+        "email": "user2@user.de",
         "firstName": "user",
         "lastName": "two",
         "requiredActions": [],
-        "emailVerified": false,
+        "emailVerified": true,
         "groups": [
           "/base-user"
         ],
@@ -181,6 +181,44 @@ data:
       ]
     }
 
+  forgejo-client-payload.json: |
+    {
+      "protocol": "openid-connect",
+      "clientId": "forgejo",
+      "name": "Forgejo Client",
+      "description": "Used for Forgejo SSO",
+      "publicClient": false,
+      "authorizationServicesEnabled": false,
+      "serviceAccountsEnabled": false,
+      "implicitFlowEnabled": false,
+      "directAccessGrantsEnabled": true,
+      "standardFlowEnabled": true,
+      "frontchannelLogout": true,
+      "attributes": {
+        "saml_idp_initiated_sso_url_name": "",
+        "oauth2.device.authorization.grant.enabled": false,
+        "oidc.ciba.grant.enabled": false
+      },
+      "alwaysDisplayInConsole": false,
+      "rootUrl": "https://{{{ .Env.DOMAIN_GITEA }}}:443",
+      "baseUrl": "",
+      "redirectUris": [
+        "https://{{{ .Env.DOMAIN_GITEA }}}/*"
+      ],
+      "webOrigins": [
+        "/*"
+      ]
+      "defaultClientScopes": [
+        "web-origins",
+        "acr",
+        "offline_access",
+        "roles",
+        "profile",
+        "groups",
+        "email"
+      ]
+    }
+
 ---
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
@@ -341,12 +379,39 @@ spec:
                 -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
                 -X GET ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.clientId == "backstage") | .id')
               
-              CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" -X GET  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/client-scopes | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.name == "groups") | .id')
-              curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" -X PUT  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/default-client-scopes/${CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID}
+              CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X GET  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/client-scopes | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.name == "groups") | .id')
+              
+              curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X PUT  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/default-client-scopes/${CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID}
               
               BACKSTAGE_CLIENT_SECRET=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                 -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
                 -X GET ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID} | jq -e -r '.secret')
+
+              echo "creating Forgejo client"
+              curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                  -X POST --data @/var/config/forgejo-client-payload.json \
+                  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients
+              
+              CLIENT_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X GET ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.clientId == "forgejo") | .id')
+              
+              CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X GET  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/client-scopes | jq -e -r  '.[] | select(.name == "groups") | .id')
+              
+              curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+                -X PUT  ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/default-client-scopes/${CLIENT_SCOPE_GROUPS_ID}
+              
+              FORGEJO_CLIENT_SECRET=$(curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              -H "Authorization: bearer ${KEYCLOAK_TOKEN}" \
+              -X GET ${KEYCLOAK_URL}/admin/realms/cnoe/clients/${CLIENT_ID} | jq -e -r '.secret')  
               
               ARGOCD_PASSWORD=$(./kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -o go-template='{{.data.password | base64decode }}')
               
@@ -365,6 +430,8 @@ spec:
                 ARGOCD_SESSION_TOKEN: ${ARGOCD_SESSION_TOKEN}
                 BACKSTAGE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${BACKSTAGE_CLIENT_SECRET}
                 BACKSTAGE_CLIENT_ID: backstage
+                FORGEJO_CLIENT_SECRET: ${FORGEJO_CLIENT_SECRET}
+                FORGEJO_CLIENT_ID: forgejo
               " > /tmp/secret.yaml
               
               ./kubectl apply -f /tmp/secret.yaml