Google OIDC

Follow these steps to add Google as the OIDC SSO provider for your workspace:

1. Open Buddy SSO settings in one browser tab and switch to Open ID connect → Google.
2. In another tab, sign in to the Google Cloud Platform:
3. Go to APIs & Services and click OAuth consent screen.
4. Select the application's type click Create.

5. Provide app information:

• app name
• support email
• other links and media required by your organization

6. Set the authorized domain to the root domain of Buddy, i.e. https://buddy.works

7. Proceed to the next step and select the scopes. Make sure to check:

• userinfo.email (the ID of the user in Buddy)
• openid

8. The next step lets you test the settings on selected email addresses. If everything's working fine, click Save and continue to publish the app.

9. Check the summary and go back to the dashboard.
10. Go to Credentials and click + Create credentials → OAuth client ID

11. Configure the ID as follows:

• set the type to Web application
• enter the name

• click + Add URI and paste the Callback URL from Buddy's SSO settings

  

12. Click Create and copy the client ID and client secret

13. Switch back to Buddy and fill the inputs:

• Issuer URL → https://accounts.google.com
• Client ID → the value of Google's client ID
• Client secret → the value of Google's client secret

14. Click Test configuration and enable SSO on success.
15. Sign in to your Google account to save the SSO configuration.