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title: "Okta Integration"
slug: "okta-integration"
updated: 2023-05-14T21:17:28Z
published: 2023-05-14T21:17:28Z
canonical: "kb.expedient.com/okta-integration"
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# Okta Integration

## Prerequisites:

- An active Okta account
- Okta admin privileges
- OneLogin tenant with admin access

### Support Note:

Expedient will assist with configuring and troubleshooting from the OneLogin tenant. Client is responsible for the configuration on the Okta tenant.

### Configure Okta:

1. Open the Okta portal (https://**clientname**.okta.com) and login as the admin account.
2. Click the Admin button at the top of the page
  1. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-ycg5fri9.png)
3. You'll be prompted for MFA, accept.
4. Click on the arrow next to Applications and click Applications:
  1. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-a0vkrfvq.png)
5. Click Browse App Catatlog
  1. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-cv5shfuc.png)
6. Search for "SAML" and click **SAML Service Provider**
  1. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-hewbmt10.png)
7. Click the **Add** button
  1. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-zgnpycfq.png)
8. Give it a cool and hip name and click Next.
  1. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-klw2w8ot.png)
9. On this page, we need to do a few things. First, click the **View Setup Instructions** button. This will open a new tab that contains pertinent information for the OneLogin side. Second, fill in Assertion Consumer URL with "**https://*yourtenantname*.onelogin.com/access/idp**". Third, we'll need to get this piece of information from the OneLogin side. Put something temporary in here like the client's OneLogin URL. Fourth, change the username format to **Email**.
  1. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-rw8bmmq7.png)
10. Click **Save**

### Configure OneLogin

1. Login to OneLogin as an admin. Click **Administration** at the top of the page.
2. Mouse over **Authentication** and click **Trusted** **IdPs**
3. Click **New Trust**
4. Give the trust a name e.g. "Azure AD - Expedient"
5. Scroll to the bottom and look for **SP Entity ID**
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6. **Copy and paste this to a text editor**

### Phase 2 of Okta Configuration

1. Click **Edit** and paste in the **SP Entity ID** into the  **Service Provider Entity Id**field.
  1. ![A screenshot of a computer  Description automatically generated with medium confidence](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-a2242xgv.png)

### Phase 2 Of OneLogin Configuration

1. Open the tab that contains the **Okta SAML Setup Instructions**
2. In the window, click on the **CLICKING HERE** link to download the certificate from Okta. Also, copy and paste the **Issuer** to a text editor. You'll also need the **Embed Link**
  1. **NOTE: Make sure you don't copy and paste the "is" at the front. There's no space there for some reason.**
  2. ![A screenshot of a computer  Description automatically generated with low confidence](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-rpbvbtf4.png)
3. You'll also need the **Embed Link** from the **General** section of the app. This will be our **IdP Login URL**on the OneLogin side
  1. ![A screenshot of a computer  Description automatically generated with medium confidence](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-d1ec0ga1.png)
4. Go back to the OneLogin admin page
5. Click **Show In Login Panel**and point the Login Icon to what the client would like to show up.
  1. This is publicly available: [https://www.okta.com/sites/default/files/Okta_Logo_BrightBlue_Medium.png](https://www.okta.com/sites/default/files/Okta_Logo_BrightBlue_Medium.png)
6. Put the **Issuer** in OneLogin as the **Issuer**
  1. ![A screenshot of a computer  Description automatically generated with low confidence](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-j7ueac1d.png)
7. Check **Sign users into OneLogin** and **Send Subject Name ID or Login Hint in Auth Request**
8. Set the User Attribute to **Email**
9. Configure the **IdP Login URL** with the **Embed Link** from earlier.
10. Leave the Logout URL blank. This allows users to log out of apps without completely logging out of Okta.
  1. ![A screenshot of a computer  Description automatically generated with medium confidence](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-nc4ftrli.png)
11. Open the certificate you downloaded in a text editor and paste the full contents into the Certificate field
  1. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-1og46ofl.png)
12. Go back to the top and click **Enable Trusted IdP.**
13. Click **Save** to save the settings.

### Finish the Okta Configuration

1. Go to the **Assignments** tab of the app and click the **Assign** button and then **Assign To People** (you can also choose Groups here).
  1. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-94qrn66p.png)
2. Click **Assign** next to the users you want to assign the app to:
  1. ![A screenshot of a computer  Description automatically generated with medium confidence](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-jl04wtli.png)
3. Click **Save and Go Back** to complete the assignment.
  1. ![A screenshot of a computer  Description automatically generated with medium confidence](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-z2qqaboi.png)
4. Click **Done** and have the user refresh their **My Apps** page and they should see an icon for the app. If they click on it, it should log them into the OneLogin portal.
5. They should also be able to go to the OneLogin portal directly and click on the **Okta** button, which should redirect them to Okta to login and then back into the portal.
  1. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/69e9f9c7-5da8-45e7-a671-4b8287f36122/Images/Documentation/okta-integration-image-yde87arw.png)
