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Okta Administration: Up and Running

By : Lovisa Stenbäcken Stjernlöf, HenkJan de Vries
Book Image

Okta Administration: Up and Running

By: Lovisa Stenbäcken Stjernlöf, HenkJan de Vries

Overview of this book

IAM, short for identity and access management, is a set of policies and technologies for ensuring the security of an organization through careful role and access assignment for users and devices. With this book, you’ll get up and running with Okta, an identity and access management (IAM) service that you can use for both employees and customers. Once you’ve understood how Okta can be used as an IAM platform, you’ll learn about the Universal Directory, which covers how to integrate other directories and applications and set up groups and policies. As you make progress, the book explores Okta’s single sign-on (SSO) feature and multifactor authentication (MFA) solutions. Finally, you will delve into API access management and discover how you can leverage Advanced Server Access for your cloud servers and Okta Access Gateway for your on-premises applications. By the end of this Okta book, you’ll have learned how to implement Okta to enhance your organization's security and be able to use this book as a reference guide for the Okta certification exam.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Section 1: Getting Started with Okta
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Section 2: Extending Okta

Implementing a header-based application

Okay, so now that you have your environment up and running and your Okta org is set up as an Identity Provider (IdP), you are ready for the next step. Let's add a sample header application:

  1. Start by logging in to the Access Gateway admin console.
  2. Click Applications, then +Add.
  3. On the left, you have an overview of the different types of apps that you can add. Click on Access Gateway Sample Header, then the Create button in the top-right corner.

With this, you will open the add application wizard:

Figure 9.1 – Wizard to add an application in the Access Gateway admin portal

Let's start by clicking on Settings, and enter the following information:

  • Label: The application name, as it would appear on a tile on the Okta dashboard.
  • Public domain: Your domain-specific URL to access the application, which must be added to the DNS settings.
  • Protected Web Source: The protected...