# Google oauth2 verification on Basic Hosting **URL:** \ **Category:** SSO\ **Tags:** oauth2\ **Created:** [September 17, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-oauth2-verification-on-basic-hosting/279269 "2023-09-17T01:21:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![kurt-o-matic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kurt-o-matic/32/327140_2.png) [@kurt-o-matic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kurt-o-matic)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-oauth2-verification-on-basic-hosting/279269/1 "2023-09-17T01:21:44Z")
I’m kicking the tires on a trial site with the intention of going to paid Basic Hosting, so I need my functionality to work with Basic. Google authentication is supposed to be available at the Basic level, and I have successfully set this up and tested it with my Google dev account. In order to push my Google oauth2 project to prod, I need to provide domain validation. The instructions here provide two methods: 1) DNS configuration for a TXT record, or 2) a meta tag in the HTML template header. Now, I am not sure I even have access to DNS configuration with discourse.group hosting, nor do I want to configure the DNS. The whole point of paying the $50/month is to not have to drill down to that level. The meta header tag, on the other hand, fits right in as a dashboard task, which is fine with me. The problem here is, the only way to add that tag from the dashboard requires creating a theme component, and themes are not available on Basic. That’s fine insofar as I am content with the Basic themes, and don’t really need the theming feature, per se. But but now I appear to be trapped in a requirements loop where I am locked out of an advertised feature of Basic, due to Google’s verification needs and Discourse’s hosting restrictions preventing me from providing that verification. Am I missing another way of providing Google the domain verification they need for me to get my oauth2 project pushed into prod? --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-oauth2-verification-on-basic-hosting/279269)._