Configure Facebook for OAuth 2 SSO

This guide is intended for Admins setting up OAuth 2 SSO with Facebook.

When you configure Single Sign-on (SSO) with Facebook, your users will be able to create and sign into their Baserow accounts using Facebook.

If you are looking for information on setting up SSO with other providers:

Single Sign-On feature is a part of the Baserow Enterprise offering. Instance-wide features are only available on the self-hosted Enterprise plan. To learn more about the Baserow enterprise plan, visit our pricing page.

Here’s how to set up OAuth 2 SSO with Facebook to sign in to your Baserow account.

Set up OAuth 2 SSO with Facebook

Create a new app or select an existing app:

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Choose the Business app type or another type that works for you. The app type can’t be changed after your app is created.

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Fill in the App name as Baserow and Contact email, then click the Create app button.

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Next, log in to Baserow. Go to the Admin > Authentication > Provider. Retrieve your Callback URL from your Baserow admin settings modal, following the steps in this guide.

To be able to load this URL, add all domains and sub-domains of your app to the App Domains field in your app settings.

From the sidebar, navigate to app products > Facebook login > settings and add your redirect URL under Valid OAuth Redirect URIs. This is the Baserow Callback URL you will find in the Baserow Provider Settings where you create or edit the authentication provider.

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Save your changes.

From the Facebook app dashboard, navigate to Settings → Basic.

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In the app Settings > Basic, click on “Add Platform” then select “Website”. Enter the Callback URL as the Site URL(s) in the field that appears.

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Then click on Save changes.

To integrate Baserow with Facebook,

Obtain App ID, this will be the Baserow Client ID.
Obtain App secret, this will be the Baserow Secret.

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Set App Mode from Development to Live.

After you’ve accessed this information from the application, copy and paste the information from Facebook into Baserow.

Connect Facebook to your Baserow Account

Head back to Baserow Admin > Authentication > Provider.

Configure Facebook by inputting the Client ID and Secret information into the corresponding fields in your Baserow Admin Dashboard, following the steps in this guide.

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You should be able to log in with Facebook after completing these steps by visiting your Baserow servers login page. Your users will now be taken to a Facebook sign-in flow when they attempt to log into Baserow. After logging in with their Facebook credentials, they will be redirected to the app.

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