GAMADV-X

GAMADV-X is a free, open source command line tool for Google G Suite Administrators to manage domain and user settings quickly and easily.

GAMADV-X is a rewrite/extension of Jay Lee's GAM, without his efforts, this version wouldn't exist.

Documentation

General GAM documentation is hosted in the GitHub Wiki. Documentation specifically for GAMADV-X is in Gam*.txt files.

Downloads

You can download the current GAMADV-X release from the GitHub Releases page. Choose one of the following:

• Single Executable, Linux/Mac OS - gamadv-x-4.wx.yz-linux-x86_64.xz, gamadv-x-4.wx.yz-macos.tar.xz

  • Download the archive, extract the contents into some directory.
  • Start a terminal session and cd to the install directory.

• Single Executable Archive, Windows - gamadv-x-x.yy.z-windows-x64.zip, gamadv-x-4.wx.yz-windows.zip

  • Download the archive, extract the contents into some directory.
  • Start a terminal session and cd to the install directory.

• Single Executable Installer, Windows - gamadv-x-4.wx.yz-windows-x64.msi

  • Download the installer and run it.
  • Start a Command Prompt/PowerShell session and cd to the install directory.

• Source, all platforms - Source code(zip), Source code(tar.gz)

  • Download the archive, extract the contents into some directory.
  • Start a terminal/Command Prompt/PowerShell session and cd to the install directory.

Installation - New Users

Read GamConfig.txt.

Enter the following gam commands and follow instructions to create the necessary authorizations.

• Build gam.cfg: gam config verify
• Build GAM Project for authorization: gam create project
• Authorize Gam Client: gam oauth create
• Authorize Service Account: gam user <admin email address> check serviceaccount

Installation - Upgrading from a GAM version other than a prior version of GAMADV-X

Read GamConfig.txt.

Set the environment variable OLDGAMPATH to the location of your existing client_secrets.json/oauth2service.json files; they will be copied to a new location. The prior versions remain where they were so that both your old and this new version of GAM can run. Your existing oauth2.txt is not used, a new file will be built for this version of GAM.

Enter the following gam commands and follow instructions.

• Build gam.cfg: gam config verify
• Authorize Gam Client: gam oauth create
• Authorize Service Account: gam user <admin email address> check serviceaccount

Installation - Upgrading from a prior version of GAMADV-X

Read GamUpdate.txt

Mailing List / Discussion group

The GAM mailing list / discussion group is hosted on Google Groups. You can join the list and interact via email, or just post from the web itself.

Source Repository

The official GAMADV-X source repository is on GitHub in the master branch.

Author

GAMADV-X is maintained by Ross Scroggs.