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title: Google
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Allows users to authenticate using their Google credentials

## Preparation

The following placeholders will be used:

- `authentik.company` is the FQDN of the authentik install.

## Google

You will need to create a new project, and OAuth credentials in the Google Developer console.  The developer console can be overwhelming at first.

1. Visit https://console.developers.google.com/ to create a new project
2. Create a New project. 

![Example Screen](googledeveloper1.png)

3. **Project Name**: Choose a name
4. **Organization**: Leave as defaut if unsure
5. **Location**: Leave as default if unsure

![Example Screen](googledeveloper2.png)

6. Click **Create**
7. Choose your project from the drop down at the top
8. Click the **Credentials** menu item on the left.  It looks like a key.

![Example Screen](googledeveloper3.png)

9. Click on **Configure Consent Screen**

![Example Screen](googledeveloper4.png)


10. **User Type:** If you do not have a Google Workspace (GSuite) account choose _External_.  If you do have a Google Workspace (Gsuite) account and want to limit acces to only users inside of your organization choose _Internal_

_I'm only going to list the mandatory/important fields to complete._

11. **App Name:** Choose an Application
12. **User Support Email:** Must have a value
13. **Authorized Domains:** authentik.company
14. **Developer Contact Info:** Must have a value
15. Click **Save and Continue**
16. If you have special scopes configured for google, enter them on this screen.  If not click **Save and Continue**
17. If you want to create Test Users enter them here, if not click **Save and Continue**
18. From the _Summary Page_ click on the **Credentials* link on the left.  Same link as step 8
19. Click **Create Credentials** on the top of the screen
20. Choose **OAuth Client ID**

![Example Screen](googledeveloper5.png)

21. **Application Type:** Web Application
22. **Name:** Choose a name
23. **Authorized redirect URIs:** `https://authenik.company/source/oauth/callback/google/`

![Example Screen](googledeveloper6.png)

24. Click **Create**
25. Copy and store _Your Client ID_ and _Your Client Secret_ for later

## Authentik

26. Under _Resources -> Sources_ Click **Create Google OAuth Source**

27. **Name**: Choose a name (For the example I use Google)
28. **Slug**: google (If you choose a different slug the URLs will need to be updated to reflect the change)
29. **Consumer Key:** Your Client ID from step 25
30. **Consumer Secret:** Your Client Secret from step 25
31. **Provider Type:** Google

Here is an exmple of a complete Authentik Google OAuth Source

![Example Screen](authentiksource.png)

Save, and you now have Google as a source.

:::note
For more details on how-to have the new source display on the Login Page see the Sources page
:::