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EmpowerID provides integration with Okta to serve as the Identity Provider (IDP) for EmpowerID, enabling a seamless integration. With this integration, users can access the EmpowerID by authenticating the credentials from Okta SSO. In order to enable Single Sign-On (SSO), you'll need to establish a SAML connection within your EID system and then configure the SAML settings in Okta. Please follow the instructions below to set Okta as an IdP.
Prerequisites
Okta Account: You must have an active Okta account.
Certificate from Okta: Obtain a certificate generated from Okta and upload it into EmpowerID for authentication purposes.
This article provides a comprehensive guide for configuring EmpowerID to use Okta as an Identity Provider (IdP) through Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML). The configuration enables Single Sign-On (SSO) capabilities, allowing users to access EmpowerID services by authenticating via Okta. In this integration, EmpowerID acts as the Service Provider (SP), and Okta functions as the IdP.
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Steps Overview
Configure SAML in Okta
Gather and Verify SAML Attributes
Add Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
in EmpowerID
Upload Certificate to EmpowerID
Create a SAML Connection in EmpowerID
Step 1
:– Configure SAML in Okta
You can create a SAML app directly from the Okta dashboard to integrate Okta with EID. Please follow Okta's relevant documentation to ensure the SAML app is created accurately. However, please ensure you correctly enter all the information below about EmpowerID in the Okta app.Log in to the Okta Admin Dashboard.
Navigate to Applications.
Click "Applications" in the sidebar and select "Applications" from the drop-down menu.
Create App Integration.
Click the "Create App Integration" button.
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Select Sign-In Method.
Select SAML 2.0 and click Next.
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Under General Settings, enter an App Name as a minimum and click Next.
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Input the following information:
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Review Configuration
Click Preview SAML and verify the settings.
Click Next and fill out the Feedback form if desired.
Click Finish.
Step 2 – Gather and Verify SAML Attributes
Before you start setting up the Okta in EmpowerID, Please make sure that you have collected the following information and verified the settings in the Okta application.
Please preview the Okta SAML integration in Okta and ensure that there are no errors present.
Obtain the SAMl Issuer URL from the application that you configured earlier in the Okta Platform, which we will configure later on the EId side for your integration.
Download the certificate from the Okta to upload it into the EID.
Retrieve SAML Setup Information.
Navigate to the details of the newly created application in Okta.
Click on the SAML tab and then View SAML Setup Instructions.
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Identity Provider Single Sign-On URL
Identity Provider Issuer URL
Download the signing certificate.
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Step 3 – Add CORS in EmpowerID
Configure CORS Settings
You need to configure EmpowerID's Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) settings to allow Okta's
URL to interact with EmpowerID. The URL that you need to add is your Okta URL (also called an Okta domain). Please follow the
EmpowerID documentation for CORS configuration here: Configure Web Security Settings.
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Recycle the Environment.
CORS
settings are cached
Create a SAML Connection in EmpowerID
On the navbar, expand Apps and Authentication and click SSO Connections. Now click on SAML.
You can view all SAML connections and create a new one by clicking the icon.
Image RemovedWhen selecting a SAML connection type, it's important to determine whether the connection will operate as an Identity Provider (IdP) or if it will utilize EID as its IdP. In this article, we'll use the Identity Provider option as our example, as we intend to configure Okta to function as the IdP. Please select the Default SAML IdP connection Settings.
The Service Provider (SP) is an application or service that depends on the EID as an Identity Provider to authenticate and provide access to users. This integration allows the SP to manage user access efficiently using EID.
The Identity Provider (IdP) is responsible for authenticating users and providing access permissions for the EmpowerID application. It generates SAML assertions for users after authentication, which EID then uses to grant or deny access to their resources.
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- Please provide the connection details for the SAML connection.
; therefore, recycle the EmpowerID environment for changes to take effect.
Step 4 – Upload Certificate to EmpowerID
To configure the authentication request, you must upload the certificate signing certificate that you had previously downloaded from the Okta platform. This certificate will be used as the signing certificate.
Navigate to SSO Components.
From the navigation bar, go to Apps and Authentication > SSO Connections > SSO Components.
Upload Certificate.
Click on the Certificates tab and the icon to upload a new certificate.
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Click Save.
Step 5 – Create a SAML Connection in EmpowerID
On the navbar, expand Apps and Authentication > SSO Connections and click SAML.
Click the Add New icon.
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Under Identity Provider URL Details, Enter the Identity Provider Single Sign-On (SSO) authenticationURL from the Okta SAML application integration.
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The Logout URL is the Single Logout (SLO) URL provided by Okta. This URL will handle the logout process, ensuring that the user's session is terminated in both EmpowerID and Okta.
The Logout SAML Protocol is the HTTP method to send SAML requests. To configure Okta in EID, please select the HTTPPost option.
You can Under Account Information, select whether to create a new account, Account Directory or you can to select an existing account directory.
Select the checkbox Create a NewAccount Directory
to create a new account directory.
Alternatively, you can choose to select an existing account directory.
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The Signing Certificate is used by the IdP to digitally sign the SAML assertions and messages it sends to the SP. The SP, when When receiving these messages, the SP can use the IdP's signing certificate to verify the message's integrity and authenticity. It should be the public key.
The SP uses the Verifying Certificateis used by the SP to verify the digital signatures on SAML assertions and messages sent by the IdP sends. The SP uses the verifying certificate to ensure that the trusted IdP genuinely signs the messages it receives are genuinely signed by the trusted IdP and that they haven't been altered or forged.
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Step 6 – Testing the Configuration
Test the configuration by logging in to EmpowerID using Okta credentials.
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