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1. Create the OAuth 2 Service using the administration page at "Site administration -> Server -> OAuth 2 Services". There are templates available to create a pre-configured OAuth 2 service for Google, Office 365 and Facebook or you can manually enter all the required details for a custom OAuth 2 service.
1. Create the OAuth 2 Service using the administration page at "Site administration -> Server -> OAuth 2 Services". There are templates available to create a pre-configured OAuth 2 service for Google, Office 365 and Facebook or you can manually enter all the required details for a custom OAuth 2 service.


2. Register a new application with the OAuth 2 Service provider. Instructions for how to do this with Google / Office 365 and Facebook are listed below.
2. Register a new application with the OAuth 2 Service provider. Instructions for how to do this with Google, Office 365 and Facebook are listed below.


3. Enter the Client ID and Secret into the configuration page for the OAuth 2 service in Moodle.
3. Enter the Client ID and Secret into the configuration page for the OAuth 2 service in Moodle.

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OAuth 2 Services

Moodle 3.3


Moodle 3.3 adds support for OAuth 2 services in core which can be used by any plugins to provide authenticated access to external services either as the current user, or using a system account.

OAuth 2 services are used for example, to provide a "Login using Google/Microsoft/Facebook" feature on the login page, and then to share that authenticated session with repositories like Google Drive and Office 365 without having to re-authenticate.

OAuth 2 services can be used by plugins even if they do not use them on the login page, and it's possible to login to multiple services at the same time.


Login

The steps required to enable login using an OAuth 2 service are:

1. Create the OAuth 2 Service using the administration page at "Site administration -> Server -> OAuth 2 Services". There are templates available to create a pre-configured OAuth 2 service for Google, Office 365 and Facebook or you can manually enter all the required details for a custom OAuth 2 service.

2. Register a new application with the OAuth 2 Service provider. Instructions for how to do this with Google, Office 365 and Facebook are listed below.

3. Enter the Client ID and Secret into the configuration page for the OAuth 2 service in Moodle.

4. Enable the OAuth 2 Authentication module.

Open ID Connect

Open ID Connect is a standard for OAuth 2 login services that makes it easier to setup a working login system. If the service you are setting up is Open ID Connect compliant, you will only have to enter the base url for the service, and Moodle will discover all the other information required by requesting the "discovery document" which is expected to exist at <issuer base url>/.well-known/openid-configuration.

Setup Project In Google

To setup an OAuth 2 client with Google, first we need to login to the [Google Developers Console] and create a new project.

Create a new project using the menu at the top of the page.

Create new project

Call the new project whatever you like, this name is not shown to users when they are asked to authorise this application.

Name the project

Select "credentials" from the menu on the left.

Switch to credentials page

Setup the consent screen for your application. This is where you provide the public information that is shown to users when they are asked to authorise your application. Setting a product name is the minimum information that is required, but the more information you provide here - the more confidence users will have when granting this authorisation.

Setup consent screen

Now you can create some client credentials. Switch to the credentials tab and create a new OAuth client ID.

Create an OAuth Client ID

Setup the credentials for a Web Application. The most important setting here is to set the callback URL. This must be set to "your moodle site url + /admin/oauth2callback.php". If your moodle site was accessible at https://lemon.edu/ then this callback URL should be set to https://lemon.edu/admin/oauth2callback.php

Set the callback URL

When you have saved the information on this page, Google will give you the client ID and client secret that you need to enter into Moodle.

Got my secrets!

Setup Project In Microsoft

To setup an OAuth 2 client with Microsoft, first we need to login to the [Microsoft Application Console] and create a new app.

Create new project

Choose a good name as this is what is shown to users when they are asked to approve the permissions.

Name it

Next you have to add a platform to your application.

Add platform

Choose "Web platform"

Web platform

Uncheck the "Allow Implicit Flow" checkbox and set the callback URL. The callback URL should point to "your Moodle site URL + /admin/oauth2callback.php". If your Moodle site was available at https://lemon.edu/ the callback URL would be https://lemon.edu/admin/oauth2callback.php. It is important that your Moodle site uses https and not http. Microsoft will not allow the callback url if it is not using https.

Platform settings

Make sure the "Microsoft Graph Permissions" section contains the "User.Read" permission.

Permissions

Set the options for the consent screen.

Consent

Save all the details and then generate a new password.

Generate a new password

Enter the password in Moodle as the "Client secret" and the Application ID as the "Client id".

Got it