# Configuring SAML authentication settings for Okta

To configure Okta IdP,

1. Go to www.okta.com. Login to Okta. Click on the **Admin** tab and navigate to **Applications**.

![Login Okta](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-1.png)

2. Click on **Create a new app integration** and select **SAML 2.0**. Click **Next**.

![Create new app integration](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-2.png)

3. Enter the Service Provider's name, in **App name**, that is, **Network Configuration Manager** and click on **Next**.

![Enter service provider's name](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-3.png)

4. Now, go to Network Configuration Manager and navigate to **Settings** -> **Authentication** -> **SAML**. Under "Service Provider" details, copy the **Entity ID** and the Consumer Assertion URL.

![Configure IdP details](https://www.manageengine.com/network-configuration-manager/images/SAML-1.png)

5. Back in Okta, select the **Name ID format** as **Persistent** or **Transient** and enter the details copied from Network Configuration Manager's SAML section. Upload the **Signature Certificate**.

![SAML settings](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-4.png)

6. Single logout is optional in Okta. Enable **Single Logout** and provide the necessary details if needed.

![Enable single logout](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-5.png)

7. Click **Next**.

![Click Next](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-6.png)

8. Choose **‘I’m a software vendor. I’d like to integrate my app with Okta’** and click **Finish**.

![Create SAML integration](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-7.png)

9. Under **Applications** tab, select **Applications** and click on **View Setup Instructions**. Copy **Identity Provider Single Sign-on URL**, **Identity Provider Single Logout URL**, **Identity provider Issuer**, and **X.509 Certificate** and paste them in Network Configuration Manager.

![View setup instructions](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-8.png)

![View setup instructions](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-9.png)

![View setup instructions](https://www.manageengine.com/network-configuration-manager/images/SAML-3.png)

10. Now go to **Applications** tab, click on **Assign** and select **Assign to People**.

![Assign to people](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-10.png)

11. Assign Network Configuration Manager to the selected Users and select **Save and Go back**.

![Assign Network Configuration Manager to people](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-11.png)

Once the above said configurations are done on the IdP side, the required IdP details needs to be configured in Network Configuration Manager.

Click [here](https://www.manageengine.com/network-configuration-manager/saml-authentication.html#idp) for steps to configure IdP details in Network Configuration Manager.

Once the configurations are done on both sides, SAML authentication via Okta will be enabled in Network Configuration Manager. In Network Configuration Manager's login portal, choose to Login with Okta and enter the necessary credentials to login.