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Configure Okta as SAML or OAuth IDP for SSO

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miniOrange Identity Broker service solution enables cross protocol authentication. You can configure Okta as an IDP for Single Sign-On (SSO) into your applications/websites. Here, Okta will act as an Identity Provider (IDP) and miniOrange will act as a broker.

We offer a pre-built solution for integrating with Okta, making it easier and quick to implement. Our team can also help you set up Okta as SAML or OIDC IDP to login into your applications.

Follow the Step-by-Step Guide given below for Okta Single Sign-On (SSO)

Step 1: Configure miniOrange as SP in Okta

Mentioned below are steps to configure Okta as IDP via SAML and OAuth configuration. Follow the steps accordingly based on your requirement (SAML or OAuth).

• SAML
• OAuth

Follow the steps to configure Okta as SAML IdP configuration.

• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Providers.
• Click on the Add Identity Provider button.



• Now click on the Click here link to get miniorange metadata, as shown in the image below.



• For SP - Initiated SSO section, select Show Metadata Details.



• Copy Entity ID or Issuer and ACS URL (For SP-Initiated SSO) values and keep them handy. This will require configuring the application on the Okta side.



• Now go to Okta site and login to your Okta admin dashboard.
• Then click on the Applications from the side-panel and then select Applications.
• Click on the Create App Integration button.



• Select SAML 2.0 as Sign-in method and click on the Next button.



• In the General Settings tab, enter the App name and click on Next button.



• In the Configure SAML tab of Okta, enter the following required details:

  Single sign-on URL	ACS (Assertion Consumer Service) URL from SP-INITIATED SSO section of the miniOrange
  Audience URI (SP Entity ID)	Entity ID or Issuer from SP-INITIATED SSO section of the miniOrange
  Default RelayState (Optional)	This is the URL where you want to redirect your users after SSO.
  Name ID format	Select EmailAddress as a Name ID Format from the drop-down list
  Application username	Okta username




• Configure Attribute Statements and Group Attribute Statements (Optional) then click on Next button.



• Click on Next then Finish.
• Navigate to Assignments tab from Okta.
• Click on Assign & select Assign to People. Select the user from the popup & click on Done. You can also assign groups if required.





• Navigate to the Sign On tab.



• Click on the More details option to see the metadata details.
• Copy the Metadata URL, which is required in Step 2 to configure Okta within miniOrange.

Follow the steps to configure Okta as IdP by OAuth configuration.

• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Providers >> click Add Identity Provider.



• Select OAuth 2.0.
• Now copy the OAuth Callback URL which we will use to configure Okta as OAuth Server/Provider.



• Now go to Okta site and login to your Okta admin dashboard.
• Then click on the Applications from the side-panel and then select Applications.
• Click on the Create App Integration button.



• Select OIDC - OpenID Connect as Sign-in method and Web Application as Application type. Click Next.



• You will be redirected to the app details page. Enter App integration name and Sign-in redirect URIs, which we copied as OAuth Callback URL from miniOrange.



• Scroll down and you will see the Assignments section. Select an option for Controlled access as Allow everyone in your organization to access, untick the Enable immediate access with Federation Broker Mode and then click on Save button.



• Now you will get the Client ID and Client Secret. Keep these credentials handy for configuring miniOrange OAuth Client Single Sign-On (SSO).



• Copy domain name: From right top header, you will get your domain name. Keep the domain name handy.

Fetch Okta Groups:

• Click on the Sign On tab in your Okta application.



• Scroll to OpenID Connect ID Token section.
• Under the Group Claims Filter section, enter groups as the default name, and then select Matches regex from the drop down list and enter .* (without spaces) to return all the user's groups.



• Click on the Save button.

Profile Attributes for the ID Token:

• Go to Okta Admin dashboard >> Security >> API.
• Click on Add Authorization Server button.
• After creating a new Authorization Server, click on the Edit icon, as shown below.



• Go to Claims tab and select the ID token option.



• Click on Add claim button.
• Give a Name to your claim/ attribute, and select the ID Token from Include in token type dropdown. Now, enter the value user.$attribute in the Value field based on the attribute you want to receive. Keep other settings as default.



• Click Create button.

Follow the same steps for all the attributes you want to see.

2. Configure Okta as IDP in miniOrange

• SAML
• OAuth

• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Providers.
• Click on Add Identity Provider button.



• Click on Import IDP metadata.



• Enter IDP Name. Select URL radio button and enter the copied URL from Okta.
• Click on Import.



• A few other optional features that can be added to the Identity Provider (IDP) are listed in the table below:

  Domain Mapping	Can be used to redirect specific domain user to specific IDP
  Show IdP to Users	Enable this if you want to show this IDP to all users during Login
  Send Configured Attributes	Enabling this would allow you to add attributes to be sent from IDP
  X.509 Certificate	X.509 Certificate from Okta




• Click on Save button.

• Go to miniOrange Admin Console.
• From the left navigation bar select Identity Providers >> Add Identity Provider. Select OAuth 2.0.





• Enter the following values.

  IdP Name	Custom Provider (if your app name is not listed here)
  IdP Display Name	Choose appropriate Name (Like Okta)
  OAuth Authorize Endpoint	https://{yourOktaDomain}.com/oauth2/default/v1/authorize
  OAuth Access Token Endpoint	https://{yourOktaDomain}.com/oauth2/default/v1/token
  OAuth Get User Info Endpoint (optional)	https://{yourOktaDomain}/oauth2/default/v1/userinfo
  Client ID	Copied from above stpes
  Client secret	Copied from above stpes
  Scope	openid profile email

3. Test Connection

• Visit your Login Page URL.
• Go to Identity Providers tab.
• Click on Select >> Test Connection option against the Identity Provider (IDP) you configured.



• On entering valid Okta credentials (credentials of user assigned to app created in Okta), you will see a pop-up window which is shown in the below screen.



• Hence your configuration of Okta as IDP in miniOrange is successfully completed.

Configure Attribute Mapping

• Go to Identity Providers >> View Identity Providers >> Your configured Okta as IdP.
• Now click on Select and then Configure Attribute Mapping of your application.



• Under Attribute Type - EXTERNAL for the external attributes that need to be transformed and sent to applications or service providers.
• Click on the + Add Attribute button to add the attribute fields.



• Check attributes in test connection window from last step. Enter the attribute names (any name) that you want to send to your application under Attribute Name sent to SP.
• Enter the value of attributes that are coming from IdP into the Attribute Name from IdP field on the Xecurify side.

Setup Multiple IDPs (Optional)

• You can configure multiple IDPs (Identity Providers) and give users the option to select the IDP of their choice to authenticate with.
  For Example - It could be multiple AD domains belonging to different departments or multiple okta organizations.

Few usecases where customers configure multiple IDPs -


• Suppose you have a product which many of your clients use and each client has their own unique IDP so you want them to SSO into your product as well using their existing IDP only. miniOrange provides a centralized way to connect with all IDPs in a very easy manner and integrate SSO into your application.
• Suppose you are providing a course to many universities, each having a unique SAML, OAuth protocol supported IDP's like Shibboleth, ADFS, CAS, etc. You can provide Single Sign-On (SSO) into your course application to all these universities by integrating with all of them using a single platform provided by miniOrange.
• This is the endpoint to call from your SAML application -

For Cloud IDP -	https://login.xecurify.com/moas/discovery?customerId=<customer_id>
For On-Premise IDP -	https://yourdomain.com/discovery?customerId=<customer_id>



• You should copy the Customer Key from admin console-> Settings -> and replace it with <customer_id> here. Once configured in SP, when you initiate the login from Service Provider, a user will be redirected to IDP Selection Page listing all IDPs configured for that account.

You can see the screenshot below of the IDP Selection Page with a list of IDPs.




Note: To view the IDP in drop-down list, go to Identity Providers tab > against your configured IDP > Select >Edit , here Enable the Show IdP to Users option.




• You also have the option to modify the appearance and design of this page. Login to miniOrange Admin console. Navigate to Customization -> Branding Configuration. See the below screenshot for reference-




• You can customize the title of this page.
• Change the logo and favicon for this page.
• Change the background and button color for this page from admin UI.

Troubleshooting

You receive these error message when you try to SSO in to an application that has been set up to use Okta as External IdP using SAML or OAuth based Single Sign-On (SSO).

External References

• Know more about SAML Identity Provider?
• Okta vs miniOrange | How miniOrange is different than Okta?
• What is Identity Brokering Services? Know more about it
• What is Identity and Access Management (IAM) ?