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How To Set Up 2FA With Google For TV Dashboards

This guide will show you how to configure 2FA with Google to use the Fugo TV Dashboards feature.

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If your dashboard service uses 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) you will need to provide Fugo with the secret key that is generated by your Identity Provider in order to display your dashboards on screen.

This guide will walk you through how to set that up if you are using Google as your identity provider.

💡 Note: We have a dashboards team ready to help you address any issues or roadblocks you encounter with accessing your dashboards!

Reach us via the chat box in Fugo CMS, at support@fugo.ai, or by booking in a support call.


How to set up 2FA with a Google account

If you are using ‘Login with Google’ with 2-Step Verification to access your dashboards you will need to configure your Google account for it to work with Fugo TV Dashboards.

In order to set up Fugo TV Dashboards with a Google Account, you'll need the following three things:

  1. Service account: We recommend creating a service account user with minimum level privileges inside your Google account. You can find instructions for that here.

  2. Secret key: Turn on two-step verification and set this up in your authenticator app. Make sure all other verification methods are disabled.

  3. Authenticator app: Get a secret key that's generated by your Google Account

The following sections will detail how to set up 2FA in Fugo with Google, depending on how far you've gotten with your authentication app and your secret key.

1. I already have my secret key and authenticator app

2. I already have the authenticator app set up but I don't have the secret key

You'll need to set up the authenticator app again & get the secret key in the process.

To do that:

2.1 Go to your Google Account and navigate to your Security page

Continue to the next section: I don't have a secret key or the authenticator app set up to set up the authenticator app again and most importantly, get the secret key.

3. I don't have a secret key or the authenticator app set up

In order to enable 2-Step Verification on your account, you must first have an associated recovery phone. If you already have a recovery phone set up, skip to step 3.6.

3.1 Go to your Google Account and navigate to your Security page where you will need to turn on 2-Step Verification in the Signing into Google section.

3.2 On the next page, click GET STARTED

3.3 You may be asked to set up your phone as an additional layer of security. There are various options of layers you can add but for the purpose of this guide we will go with Text Message.

After entering your phone number and clicking NEXT you should receive a verification code.

3.4 Enter the verification code and click NEXT again.

3.5 If you did everything correctly up until now you should see a big green tick.

Now all you'll have to do to complete the setup successfully is to select TURN ON, and then in the next pop up, click DONE.

3.6 On the next page, click SET UP under Authenticator App.

3.7 Choose your phone type and click NEXT

3.8 You should now see a pop-up with a QR code.

Once you download the authenticator app from the app store, make sure to click CAN'T SCAN IT instead of scanning the QR code.

3.9 This will reveal the secret key that you will need to store safely and use in Fugo TV Dashboard when prompted. Make sure you do not click the back button here as this will generate a new code.

3.10 Enter the secret key manually in your authenticator app and then enter the generated 6-digit code back into the set up authenticator.

After the successful completion of the set up you should now see the authenticator app in your Google Account 2-Step Verification page.

4. Sign out of your mobile devices and remove your recovery email & phone

Sign out from your mobile devices in Google & remove the recovery email & phone.

5. Configure your Google 2FA in Fugo TV Dashboards

When using your Google account, configured with 2FA, to access your dashboard from the Fugo TV Recorder, you will be asked to enter your email address and for the code generated by your authentication app that we set up in previous steps.

Let's walk through an example of how this will work using Trello.

Let's say you are trying to display a Trello Dashboard and want to sign in with your Google account that's enabled with 2FA.

5.1 Click Continue with Google.

5.2 Enter your service account email and password.

5.3 Enter the TOTP code from your authenticator app.

5.4 Once logged in, now you can navigate to and capture the dashboard you want to display.

Once you capture your dashboard, you'll be prompted to enter the secret key that we generated from in the previous sections.

🛡️ Note: This key will be encrypted and securely stored in Fugo Secret Manager and will only be accessed from a safe environment by our server instance.

5.5 You should see the red prompt Enter secret key under the Pass 2-Factor Authorization step in the Recorded Steps panel.

Click this and enter the secret key that we generated earlier in the pop up.

From there, you should be good to go!


More guidance connecting your dashboard

You'll find instructions for using Fugo with your chosen dashboard service in our TV Dashboards collection.

Fugo can be used to access just about any dashboard, report, or URL living behind a secure login, but here are some popular services customers use with Fugo and links to our set up documentation:

And don't forget - we have a dashboards team ready to help you address any issues or roadblocks you encounter with accessing your dashboards!

Reach us via the chat box in Fugo CMS, at support@fugo.ai, or by booking in a support call.

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