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Setting up the Google Cloud App

Create a google project: https://console.cloud.google.com/projectcreate

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Enabling the People API

Enable the Google People API here: https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/people.googleapis.com

Be sure to have the right project selected.

Go to APIs & Services on the left hand tab (see image below).

Then select OAuth Consent screen page.

GoogleOAuthConsentMenu

Under OAuth Consent screen select either Internal or External

  • Companies with a Google Workspace should choose Internal
  • Otherwise choose External

On the next page:

  • Provide an app name (can go with Danswer)
  • Provide any email you own (or founders@danswer.ai if you want us to handle questions from your Danswer users)
  • Upload the Danswer logo (or leave blank)
  • The Developer contact information can be any email you own (or again, founders@danswer.ai)

GoogleApp

Leave the optional fields blank

Click SAVE AND CONTINUE

Leave the next two pages for Scopes and Test users blank.

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Setting up Credentials

Still under APIs & Services, go to Credentials on the left hand bar

Click on +CREATE CREDENTIALS and choose OAuth client ID

Select Web application then call it Danswer

Add a Authorized JavaScript origins as:

  • http://localhost:3000 for local or replace with https://<WEB_DOMAIN> (e.g. https://www.danswer.ai) if setting up for prod.

Add a Authorized redirect URIs as:

  • http://localhost:3000/auth/oauth/callback for local setup or https://<WEB_DOMAIN>/auth/oauth/callback if setting up for prod.

Click CREATE and save the Client ID and Client Secret for use in the next section

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Turning on OAuth in Danswer

OAuth is controlled by 3 environment variables, regardless of deployment choice (non-containerized, docker compose, kubernetes). To turn the feature on set:

  • AUTH_TYPE=google_oauth
  • OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=<your client id from above>
  • OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=<your client secret from above>
  • If setting up in production, then:
    • WEB_DOMAIN=<your domain including protocol e.g. https://www.danswer.ai>

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Non Containerized

Simply set the above environment variables when running the different Danswer processes.

  • The backend api server uses the 3 environment variables
  • The frontend hits the api server to determine what user authentication setting is configured and serves the relevant pages.

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Docker Compose

Simply set the 4 environment variables in a file called .env under danswer/deployment/docker_compose.

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Kubernetes

Kubernetes deployment was designed for production use and assumes that user Auth is a required feature therefore it is on by default. To set up the required values, replace the REPLACE-THIS values in secrets.yaml with thebase64 encoded client ID and client secret from above.

Basic Auth SetupOIDC/SAML Setup