# 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**.

![Configure Okta IdP in OpManager: Login to Okta and navigate to Applications](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**.

![Configure Azure IdP in OpManager: SAML 2.0](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, **OpManager** and click on **Next**.

![Configure Azure IdP in OpManager: OpManager as service provider](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-3.png)

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

![Configure Azure IdP in OpManager: Entity ID for SAML authentication in OpManager](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/SAML-authentication-1.png)

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

![Configure Azure IdP in OpManager: Upload signature certificate](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.

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

7. Click **Next**.

![Configure Azure IdP in OpManager: Click next option](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**.

![Configure Azure IdP in OpManager: Integrate application with Okta and click finish](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 OpManager.

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

![Configure Azure IdP in OpManager: Identity provider details](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-9.png)

![Configure Azure IdP in OpManager: Save Identity Provider details to authenticate SAML in OpManager](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/SAML-authentication-2.png)

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

![Configure Azure IdP in OpManager: Assign users](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/how-to/images/configure-okta-idp-10.png)

11. Assign OpManager to the selected Users and select **Save and Go back**.

![Configure Azure IdP in OpManager: Save and go back once users are selected](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 OpManager. [Click here](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/SAML-authentication.html#idp) for steps to configure IdP details in OpManager.

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