Question
How do I configure FTK Central to collect from GMail?
Prerequisites
- A Google Google Suite account for your organization
- Administrator account credentials for your organization's Google Suite account
Answer
- Log in to the Google Cloud Platform API & Services Console at https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/ with your organization's Google Administrator account
- Click on the Project list at the top
- In the new dialog, select your domain and click NEW PROJECT
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Give the project a name and click CREATE
- Make sure you're viewing the new project, and click OAuth consent screen on the left
- Select Internal and click CREATE
- Specify an App name and User support email
- Specify Developer contact information and click SAVE AND CONTINUE
- On the Scopes and Optional Info pages, simply click SAVE AND CONTINUE at the bottom
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Make sure you're viewing the new project, and click Credentials on the left
- Click CREATE CREDENTIALS at the top
- Select OAuth client ID
- In the Application type drop-down, select Web application
- In the Name field, enter FTK Central
- Under Authorized redirect URIs, click ADD URI and enter https://localhost:4443/api/GmailAdminAccessData then click CREATE
Note: If FTK Central is using a custom port, change this URI to reflect that - Copy the created Client ID and Client Secret
- Navigate to the Admin SDK API page at https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/admin.googleapis.com
- Make sure you're viewing your new project, and click ENABLE
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From the FTK Central server, log in to FTK Central and click Data Sources
- Click Gmail
- Click Add Gmail on the right
- In the new dialog, do the following:
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- Provide a Name for the connector
- Enter your Gmail Domain
- Paste the previously copied Client ID and Client Secret
- In the Redirect Url field, enter https://localhost:4443/api/GmailAdminAccessData
- Click Save
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- Under Actions click Edit
- Under Authorize click Google
- Follow the prompts to authorize your connector, then click Save
- Confirm the Refresh Token Status for your connector shows Active