# \[Google Oauth2 Sign-In\] User impersonation alternative using OAuth2 Proxy

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/google-oauth2-sign-in-user-impersonation-alternative-using-oauth2-proxy/86946>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 24, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/google-oauth2-sign-in-user-impersonation-alternative-using-oauth2-proxy/86946 "2017-05-24T10:32:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/google-oauth2-sign-in-user-impersonation-alternative-using-oauth2-proxy/86946/2 "2017-05-24T10:33:40Z")

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- Create NGINX configuration folders:

- Update the NGINX configuration file (/opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf)

- Create the NGINX proxy configuration file (/opt/nginx/conf/sites-available/oauth2\_proxy):

- Create a symlink of the file /opt/nginx/conf/sites-available/oauth2\_proxy in the folder /opt/nginx/conf/sites-enabled

- Enable the NGINX service

- Start the NGINX service

1. Create the Kibana usernames identicals to the ones from the email addresses:

- Connect to Kibana server using the address [https://kibana.example.com:8443](https://kibana.example.com:8443) with a superuser account and create the users as in the following example:

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