Can't setup Google login for Discourse

[Gustavo_Rivas (Gustavo Rivas Méndez)]

Hello!
I’m creating a Discourse forum, using hosting from a Communiteq subscription.
I want to set up Google login, so I started following the indicated instructions at:

Configure Google login for Discourse

Steps Go to https://console.developers.google.com, on the top left click on Select a project [image] On the top right, click on New Project [image] Fill in the Project Name field. You can also edit the Project ID (optional), then click on Create (This can take a while, so wait a minute as needed for it to appear.) [image] 3a. It is possible that errors are displayed after creating the project. Ignore them and refresh the page with Ctrl+F5 [image] Select your project by clic…

The step 12 further directs me to another set of instructions:
(can’t add link because new users here are limited to 2 links per post)

And the step 13 directs to another:

Perform Google Search Console (a.k.a Google Webmaster Tools) Verification with Discourse

This howto goes over the methods you can use to verify domain ownership for Google Search Console, while using Discourse. There are two methods you you can use to do this verification: Create a TXT DNS record - this is your best option! Add HTML Tag - only use this method if you don’t have DNS access, or can’t get a TXT DNS record to work. Both methods start out the same: In the Google Search Console (GSC) https://search.google.com/u/1/search-console set up a new property by entering the …

I don’t really understand what OAuth 2.0 Scopes are, or what exactly I’m supposed to do in those steps. But I think I still fall under the “personal use” criteria (I have virtually zero users), so I take it I can skip step 12.

In step 13 however, after copying the TXT from Google Search Console, the instructions say that I should “follow the directions Google provides.”
And the aforementioned directions from the Google Search Console say that I should:

“Sign in to your domain name provider (e.g. godaddy(dot)com or namecheap(dot)com)
Copy the TXT record below into the DNS configuration for (mydiscourseforumaddress)”

I don’t see a DNS configuration menu in either Discourse settings, or Communiteq settings.
I have a domain through Bluehost, and I added a CNAME to it so that my Discourse forum is redirected to it; am I supposed to add it there through Bluehost? Even though Communiteq is the real host of the Discourse server?

Going through all sorts of hoops just to allow logins through Google is stretching my nerves, so I hired through Fiverr a self-described expert on everything DNS, Mail, Records, etc.
But he also doesn’t know what to do.
He’s asking me where he can find the settings page for the Discourse forum domain.

Any help or indications on what exactly are we missing would be greatly appreciated!

[rorycb (Rory Craig-Barnes)]

I can’t help you with some of this. But I can help you with:

@Gustavo_Rivas

I supposed to add it there through Bluehost?

Yes, you would add the TXT entry in Bluehost, they are your domain name provider (their help page is here: https://www.bluehost.com/help/article/dns-management-add-edit-or-delete-dns-entries#modify), just make sure the type is TXT.

[Gustavo_Rivas (Gustavo Rivas Méndez)]

What should I add on “refers to”?
it gives me 3 options:
@
www
Other Host

[Gustavo_Rivas (Gustavo Rivas Méndez)]

@rorycb

Yes, you would add the TXT entry in Bluehost, they are your domain name provider

I managed to verify the ownership and activate the Google Cloud Console project, using the “Add HTML Tag” method!
Should I still add the TXT on Bluehost?
Because I still can’t log in using Google, it says Error 400: redirect_uri_mismatch

[Lilly]

@Gustavo_Rivas

using hosting from a Communiteq subscription

Hi @Gustavo_Rivas welcome to Discourse Meta.

You could always contact @RGJ or @michaeld, the good folks at Communiteq and I’m sure they’d be happy to help you.

[RGJ (Richard - Communiteq)]

Absolutely

But since this is not a hosting related question, it might make sense to have it answered here so other people can benefit from the answer as well.

The “add HTML tag” method should be sufficient. The redirect_uri_mismatch error you’re getting now is actually a different error and it means that you have successfully tackled the first challenge.

This error means that you have entered the wrong value in #4 here

It should be https://forum.*yourname*.org/auth/google_auth2/callback
where you obviously substitute *yourname* with the actual value.

[Gustavo_Rivas (Gustavo Rivas Méndez)]

@RGJ

It should be https://forum.*yourname*.org/auth/google_auth2/callback
where you obviously substitute *yourname* with the actual value.

That’s it!
My value had a duplicated forward slash, so as soon as I removed it, the Google login now works!

Thank you very much everyone for your time!