Jira 8 Administration Cookbook - Third Edition

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The first step to set up SSO with Google is to create a set of Google API credentials by going through the following steps:

1. Browse to Google API Console at https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials.
2. Click on the Create credentials drop-down menu.
3. Select OAuth client ID and then Web application.
4. Enter a name for the API credential and your Jira's URL for authorized JavaScript origins.
5. Create the new API credential and note down the Client ID and Client Secret: we will need them both later.

With the Google API credentials created, we can configure the SSO integration:

1. Navigate to Administration > Manage apps > Google SSO.
2. Click on the Edit this configuration… link at the bottom of the page.
3. Enter the Client ID ...