Okta

In this document, you are going to set up Okta as an external IdP to IDmelon.

Initialize IDmelon Configuration as SP #

Log in to the IDmelon panel, navigate to the Authentication section, and click Integrate with a New Identity Provider:

Then select Okta as the identity provider:

You will need the values provided in the newly opened window to set up Okta as an external IDP:

Configuring Okta as external IDP #

Find Add an app to use Single Sign-On and click on Add App in the Okta admin panel.

Then click on Create New App to have a custom configuration.

Now select SAML 2.0 and click Next.

On the first page of the configuration, select a name for your Application. Optionally, you can upload an image as an Icon and add a description.

On the following page, you should fill in the following fields:

• Single sign-on URL: with the value IDmelon provided in the panel.
• Audience URL (SP Entity ID): should be filled with the link you have in the IDmelon panel.
• Name ID Format: should be EmailAddress
• Application username: should be Email

Finally, scroll down and click on Next. On the final page, click on Finish to create the configuration.

After creating the configuration, you need the following fields for IDmelon, so click on More Detail to see them. Copy Sign on URL, Sign out URL, and Issuer to the IDmelon panel, and download the Signing Certificate and upload it to IDmelon. Then click on confirm.

Now both applications are connected. You can assign a group of users or all users of Okta to log in to IDmelon.