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Google as an Identity Provider

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Use Google as an identity provider to streamline login for you and your team. For how single sign-on (SSO) works at DNSimple, see What is SSO at DNSimple. Read more about the benefits of using Google SSO.

Registering a new DNSimple account via Google

Signing up for a DNSimple account using Google as your identity provider is straightforward.

  1. On the signup page, click Sign in using Google.
  2. Select your Google account.
  3. You will be returned to DNSimple logged in to your new DNSimple account. DNSimple uses your Google account’s email address as your user email.

Signing up to DNSimple via Google

Linking a Google account to your DNSimple user

Identities card with Add next to Google

  1. Go to the page.
  2. In the card, click next to the Google identity provider.
  3. Authenticate your Google account.
  4. You can now log in to DNSimple using the linked Google identity.

Linking a Google Workspace to a DNSimple account

Add an SSO provider card with the Authorize with Google button

  1. Go to the page, and click the tab.
  2. Click . DNSimple takes you to Google to authorize the Workspace. You need to be logged in to the Google Workspace as an administrator of the workspace.
  3. Google will show you what access DNSimple is requesting.
  4. Google SSO is enabled on the account.
  5. Repeat the process for each account where you want Google SSO enabled.

If the Google Workspace is no longer linked (for example, the access token is revoked), DNSimple emails the account’s notification email, or the account administrators if none is set. To re-link the Workspace, go to the tab, click the menu at the end of the Google row, then select .

Logging in to DNSimple via Google

Personal

If you did not sign up for DNSimple using Google, and you are using your personal Gmail account, you need to link a Google account to your DNSimple user before you can log in via Google.

Workspace

You need to link a Google Workspace to your DNSimple account before your team members can log in via Google SSO.

Once a Google Workspace is linked to a DNSimple account, any member of the Google Workspace can request access to the DNSimple account by attempting to log in via Google using the respective Workspace.

The first time they log in, DNSimple emails the account’s notification email, or the account administrators if no notification email is set, to say a new team member has logged in through Google. The new team member will not be able to see anything in the account until a team member with full access configures their access roles.

Suspended and deleted team members

When you delete or suspend a team member in your company’s Google Workspace admin, DNSimple removes them from the DNSimple account automatically.

Unlinking a Google Workspace from a DNSimple account

SSO workspaces card with Revoke in a Google workspace's menu

  1. Go to the page, and click the tab.
  2. Click the menu at the end of the SSO workspace’s row, then select .

Message that the identity provider has been unlinked from the account

Unlinking a Google account from your DNSimple user

Identities card with the Revoke option open for a linked Google identity

  1. Go to the page.
  2. In the card, click the menu at the end of the Google identity’s row, then select .
  3. The selected identity can no longer be used to log in to your DNSimple account. You’ll see a banner confirming the provider has been unlinked.

Have more questions?

If you have any questions about using Google SSO with DNSimple, contact support, and we will be happy to help. You can also read more about domain and DNS security at DNSimple.