Okta

Okta Integration Guide

Introduction

Okta is a cloud-based identity and access management platform that provides secure authentication, authorization, and user management services for organizations. This guide will walk you through the steps required to integrate Okta with Perimeters.

Available Features

  • Misconfiguration Rules

  • Identity Rules

  • User Inventory

  • User Status

  • Devices Inventory

  • Third Party Application Rules

  • Third Party Application Inventory

Prerequisites

An Okta account user with Super Admin privileges and an Okta API token created by this account user.

Follow these steps to generate the API token:
  1. Login into your Okta account.

  2. Go to Security > API > Tokens.

  3. Click "Create token".

  4. Add name for the token and click "Create token".

  5. Copy the token.

Required Privileges

Scope
Use

zones:read

Read-only access to Okta zones

policies:read

Read-only access to Okta policies

idps:read

Read-only access to Okta Identity Providers

users:read

Read-only access to Okta user profiles and attributes

groups:read

Read-only access to Okta groups

roles:read

Read-only access to Okta roles

Onboarding Okta in your Perimeters account

  1. Go to "Integrations" -> Select "Okta" -> Click "+ Add" -> Click "+ Start Integration".

  2. "Namespace" - Fill in the domain name for your Okta instance . For example, if your Okta domain name is "dev-perimeters.okta.com" you would enter "dev-perimeters" in this field.

  3. “API Token” - Copy the API token you previously created from your Okta security page and paste it here.

  4. Click "Connect" to complete the onboarding process.

Once you have completed these steps, Okta should be successfully integrated with your Perimeters account.

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