Google Apps Single Sign-On SSO Magento Setup Guide with OAuth OpenID Connect

Integration of Google Apps Login ( Google Apps SSO ) with Magento using OAuth 2.0 Protocol. The Magento OAuth / OpenID Connect Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin makes it easy to use OAuth2 to set up Google Apps Login on Magento (Google Apps Single Sign on).

The plugin can be set up using other Social Media sources, as well as custom OAuth and OIDC providers. It contains a lot of Single Sign-On (SSO) features, like Attribute Mapping for user profiles, Role Mapping, and so on. In this guide, we'll go over how to set up SSO between Magento and Google Apps. At the end of this guide, users should be able to log into Magento using Google Apps. Click here to read more about the Magento OAuth Single Sign-On (OAuth & OpenID Connect Client) plugin's extra features.

The Magento OAuth & OpenID Connect Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin makes it possible to log into Magento securely using Google Apps as an OAuth and OpenID Connect provider. You can also use alternative Oauth providers, such as Azure AD, Azure B2C, Office 365, and other custom providers, to configure the plugin. Advanced Single Sign-On features such as user profile Attribute Mapping, Role Mapping, and so on are supported. We'll go over how to set up SSO between Magento and Google Apps in this article. Users should be able to log in to Magento through Google Apps by the end of this guide.

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OAuth / OpenID Connect Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client)

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Magento OAuth OpenID Connect SSO extension allows login (Single Sign-On) into Magento with your Azure AD, Azure B2C, AWS Cognito, WSO2, Okta, LinkedIn, Google, Facebook, Slack, Discord or other custom OAuth 2.0 providers [24/7 SUPPORT]

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Steps to configure Google Apps OAuth & OpenID Single Sign-On (SSO) Login into Magento

1. Setup Google Apps as OAuth Provider

Follow the steps below to configure Google Apps as OAuth Provider

 Configure Google Apps as OAuth Provider

• Go to https://console.developers.google.com/ and sign up/login.
• Click on Select Project to create a new Google Apps Project for Magento Oauth Client, you will see a popup with the list of all your projects.

• Click on the New project button to create new project.

• Enter your Project Name in project name field and click on Create.

• Go to Navigation MenuAPIsServicesCredentials.

• Click on Create Credentials button and then select OAuth Client ID from the options provided in the dropdown menu.

• Choose how you want to configure and register your app (User Type) and click on create button.

• In case you are facing some warning saying that in order to create an OAuth Client ID, you must set a product name on consent screen (as shown in below image). Click on the Configure consent screen button.

• Fill up the required information, such as the App Name and User Support Email. and then select the Save and Continue option.

• Now for configuring scopes, click on Add or Remove the Scopes button.

• Now, Select the Scopes to allow your project to access specific types of private user data from their Google Account and click on Save and Continue button.

• Go to the Credentials tab and click on Create Credentials button. Select Web Application from dropdown list to create new application.

• Enter the name you want for your Client ID under the name field and enter the Redirect/Callback URI from Magento OAuth and OpenID Single Sign On (SSO) plugin under the Authorized redirect URIs field and click on Create button.

• You will see a popup with the Client ID and Client Secret Copy your Client ID and Client Secret and save it on your Magento OAuth and OpenID Single Sign On (SSO) plugin Configuration.

You have successfully configured Google Apps as OAuth Provider for achieving Google Apps Single Sign-On (SSO) with Magento for user authentication.

2. Configuring Magento 2 as OAuth Client

• After successfully configuring OAuth Provider, go to OAuth Provider tab and configure OAuth Provider Name, Client ID, Client Secret, Scope and provided endpoints. (You can copy these values in STEP 2 from the application dashboard.)
  
  

  Please refer below Endpoints to configure the OAuth client

  
  

  Scope:	Openid email Profile
  Authorize Endpoint:	https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Access Token Endpoint:	https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token
  Get User Info Endpoint:	https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo

• Click on the Save button to save the settings.
• Click on the Test Configuration button.

• You will see all the values returned by your OAuth Provider to Magento in a table. If you don't see value for First Name, Last Name, Email or Username, make the required settings in your OAuth Provider to return this information.

3. Sign-In Settings

• Navigate to Sign-in Settings tab. Here you find the option the enable the login link on Admin*/Customer Login Page (*Admin SSO is available in the premium versions)

• If you want to initate SSO from any page you can also use the SSO link provided in the extension.

• The Premium extension also provides you the the feature to auto redirect your user to the IdP Login Page if the user is not already logged in.

Attribute / Custom Attribute Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.

1.1: Attribute Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.

• You can map attributes in the Attribute Mapping tab. Only username and email are allowed to be mapped in free version of the plugin. However, in the premium version of the plugin, you can map various attributes coming from your OAuth Provider to the attributes present in your Magento site.

1.2: Custom Attribute Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.

• Enter your table name in Table field.
• Enter attribute name as your column name (in the respective table)
• Click on Add button for adding custom magento attribute and map the respective field with the attribute receiving from your identity provider
• Click on save button for saving the configuration.
• You can also delete the configuration by entering the name in attribute name field and then click on delete button.

Role Mapping (Optional). *This is Premium feature.

• You can specify a default role in the free plugin that will be allocated to all non-admin users when they conduct SSO.
• Go to Attribute/Role mapping tab and navigate to Role Mapping section.
• Select the Default Role and click on the Save button.

By configuring Google Apps as an OAuth Provider and Magento as an OAuth Client using our Magento OAuth Client plugin, you have successfully installed Magento Google Apps Single Sign-On (SSO). Within minutes, you'll be able to provide safe access to your Magento site utilising Google Apps login credentials thanks to this solution.

Additional Resources

• What is Single Sign-On (SSO) Login?
• What is OAuth 2.0?
• How OAuth works?
• Magento OAuth and OpenID Single Sign On (SSO) Plugin.
• Magento SAML Single Sign On (SSO) Plugin.
• Magento OAuth Single Sign On (SSO) using Azure AD.