# awx CLI and external authentication

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-cli-and-external-authentication/37167>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [October 3, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-cli-and-external-authentication/37167 "2022-10-03T14:37:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chris\_Adams1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Chris\_Adams1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Adams1)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-cli-and-external-authentication/37167/1 "2022-10-03T14:37:37Z")

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Is it possible to use the command-line “awx” tool when AWX is using external authentication sources (e.g. Google)?

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Adams1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Chris\_Adams1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Adams1)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-cli-and-external-authentication/37167/2 "2022-10-03T17:50:26Z")

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Ahh, never mind. I found the “Allow External Users to Create OAuth2 Tokens” option under Settings-\>Miscellaneous Authentication. A pointer to that could be added to the docs for the AWX CLI to make it more clear.