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Creating a Google API Console project and client ID

• Go to the Google Developers Console (https://console.developers.google.com)
• Click on the credentials tab and select or add a new project

• Create a project if you need

• Now you can add the credentials to access the APIs, click "Create credentials" and select "OAuth client ID"

• Configure the consent screen if required

• Provide in the required information in the consent screen form (please refer to the Google Official Documentation for more information)

• Once you complete the consent screen configuration, you can continue to creating credentials

• Save and get you client credentials

• Enable Google People API: browse the APIs libraries and select the Google People API
  
  

Motion server configuration

edit the file /var/opt/motion2/server/config/environment/production.js

and replace the following rows:

google: {
        clientID: process.env.GOOGLE_ID || 'id',
        clientSecret: process.env.GOOGLE_SECRET || 'secret',
        callbackURL: (process.env.DOMAIN || 'https://YOUR_MOTION_IP') + '/api/auth/google/callback'
    }

with the Google application ID, example:

   google: {
        clientID: process.env.GOOGLE_ID || '1234567890-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.apps.googleusercontent.com',
        clientSecret: process.env.GOOGLE_SECRET || 'abc-123456abcdefghijklmn',
        callbackURL: (process.env.DOMAIN || 'https://pbx2.xcally.com') + '/api/auth/google/callback'
    }

restart the motion service to apply the change

su motion
pm2 restart motion2

User authentication

In order to use the Google SSO, the XCALLY users must have the proper Google account set as "email" in the Motion Staff section.

If they are already logged into the Chrome browser, they need just to click on 

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Otherwise, Google will ask them the account credentials

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