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Before starting, please check in the General Settings the Single Sign-On property has been turned on!


Creating a Google API Console project and client ID


For any additional information please refer to the Official Google Documentation here



  • 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


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


Insert in the authorized URIs field the URI related your Motion server

https://{{MOTION_IP}}/api/auth/google/callback

  • 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 

Otherwise, Google will ask them the account credentials



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