Google Workspace User Sync Configuration

This article explains how to synchronize users between Google Workplace (formerly known as G-Suite) and Foxit's Admin Console.

These instructions may vary depending on your environment. If you have specific settings, you may need to check those with your IdP admins as Foxit only supports this function as written in this article.

Prerequisites: You must have SSO/SAML setup with Google Workspace.

1. Google Cloud Platform Configuration
2. Workspace Configuration
3. Admin SDK API Configuration
4. Foxit Admin Console Configuration

1.1 Login to Google Cloud Platform as Admin

Log in to Google Cloud Platform as an Admin

1.2 Click on IAM & Admin

1.3 Click on CREATE PROJECT

1.4 Enter a Project name

1.5 Select the newly created Project

1.6 Click on CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT

1.7 Name your new Service

Click Done and leave both "Grant this service account access to project" and "Grant users access to this service account" empty.

The following page is displayed after you've clicked Done.

1.9 Manage keys

Click on Actions → Manage keys

1.10 Create a new key

1.11 Create JSON key

1.12 Save JSON key

We will need it later.

1.14 collect Unique ID and Service Account Email

Go back to the DETAILS tab, collect Unique ID and Email (service account email）

We will need these later

2.1 MANAGE DOMAIN WIDE DELEGATION

Go back to the Google Workspace , click MANAGE DOMAIN WIDE DELEGATION

2.2 Add new DOMAIN WIDE DELEGATION

2.3 Add a new client ID

For Client ID → enter the Unique ID collected in step 1.14

Enter https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user in Oauth scopes

Click AUTHORIZE

Go to Admin SDK API , and ENABLE project Admin SDK API for the project created on step 1.3

Choose Google Workspace Connector:

• Upload key file = JSON file collected at 1.12
• Email (Service Account Email) = Email collected at 1.14
• Admin Email = the Google Identity Admin email