Configure Okta as an Identity Provider
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This topic describes how to set up Okta as your identity provider by configuring SAML integration in both Pivotal Web Services (PWS) and Okta.
Set up SAML in PWS
- Log into the Single Sign-On (SSO) dashboard at
https://p-identity.run.pivotal.io
as a Plan Administrator. Select your plan and click Manage Identity Providers on the dropdown menu.
Click Configure SAML Service Provider.
(Optional) Select Perform signed authentication requests to enforce SSO private key signature and identity provider validation.
(Optional) Select Require signed assertions to validate the origin of signed responses.
Click Download Metadata to download the service provider metadata.
Click Save.
Open the downloaded service provider metadata file. You will refer to this file in the next step, when you fill in the SAML settings in Okta.
Set Up SAML in Okta
Sign in as an Okta administrator.
Navigate to your app and click the Sign On tab.
Under Settings, click Edit, and select SAML 2.0.
Click the General tab.
Under SAML Settings, click the Edit button followed by the Next button.
In the SAML Settings section:
- Enter the
AssertionConsumerService Location URL
from your downloaded service provider metadata into Single sign on URL. For example,https://AUTH-DOMAIN/saml/SSO/alias/AUTH-DOMAIN
. - Enter your Auth Domain URL into Audience URI (SP Entity ID). You can view the Auth Domain for a plan by logging into the SSO dashboard, clicking the name of your plan, and selecting Edit Plan. For example,
https://AUTH-DOMAIN.login.SYSTEM-DOMAIN
. This value is also available in the downloaded service provider metadata as the entity ID. - Select a Name ID format.
- Select an Application username.
- Enter the
(Optional) To configure single logout:
- Click Show Advanced Settings.
- For Enable Single Logout, select Allow application to initiate single logout.
- Enter the
SingleLogoutService Location URL
from your downloaded service provider metadata into Single Logout URL. - Enter your
Auth Domain URL
into SP Issuer. - Click Upload Signature Certificate to upload the signature certificate from your downloaded service provider metadata. You will need to copy the
X509Certificate
information from the downloaded service provider metadata, and reformat it into a valid certificate file to upload.
(Optional) Under Attribute Statements (Optional), specify any attribute statements that you want to map to users in the ID token.
(Optional) Under Group Attribute Statements (Optional), specify any group attribute statements that you want to map to users in the ID token. This is a group that users belong to within Okta.
Click the Next button followed by the Finish button.
Click Identity Provider metadata to download the metadata, or copy and save the link address of the Identity Provider metadata. You will need this Okta metadata for the next step, Configure a Single Sign-On Service Provider.