The Okta plugin allows Countly to bypass its regular authentication procedures and use the Okta user credentials of the organization instead. The Okta Integration plugin is available in Countly Enterprise v20.04 and above.

What is Okta?

Okta Identity Cloud provides secure identity management with Single Sign-On, Multi-factor Authentication. Okta's Universal Directory allows you to store an unlimited amount of users and attributes from applications and sources like AD or HR systems. 

Setting Up The Okta Integration

Enable the Okta plugin

First and foremost, enable the Okta plugin: go to Management > Plugins in the top-right corner and click on the enable toggle button for Okta. If you do not have access to these settings, please contact your account admin.

Steps in your Okta dev console

Note: These steps have been taken from Okta’s documentation. As they may update their product and documentation, please visit the Okta App Registration page for complete details.

1. In the Okta dev console, click the Applications tab and then Create New Application.

2. Fill the Application Settings fields like app name and Countly domain for your organization redirect URLs (e.g. https://countly.yourdomain.com/okta/login-callback for login and https://countly.yourdomain.com for logout).

And that is all! Now you can continue the setup on Countly and easily finalize the Okta integration.

Installing the Okta plugin in Countly

Create and enable a config.js file from sample.config.js:

module.exports = {

    orgUrl: 'https://dev-623170.okta.com', 

    clientId: '0oa16eh84vg4cHHSb4x7',

    clientSecret: 'wgyItX95EjtusUoccVhtLY2t8OvvicrVt5CHHE6v',

    apiToken: '00mmBkLFJhOiGcOsLaf--DuezUGdo_0j8abT4OO2yx',

    globalAdminGroup: 'countly-global-admin',

    baseUrl: 'https://foysal.count.ly',

};

orgUrl: can be found in the top right section of the Okta dashboard

clientId and clientSecret fields can be found in the Okta dashboard, under the Applications tab.

apiToken: create API token on Okta

globalAdminGroup: group name, which will be the global admin of Countly and which needs these group permissions to access the user management and create groups inside Countly.

baseUrl: Countly domain for your organization.

Using Okta in Countly

1. Go to Management > Users in the top-right corner.

2. Choose a user who is a member of the group which has been set up as a Global Admin Group and who can manage the Users section and create Groups. The group name of Okta and the group name of Countly should be the same.

3. The Okta plugin does not have user-level permissions; instead, it has group-level permissions. The members of the Okta groups should match those of Countly groups for the members of the Okta group to access the Countly Dashboard. Permissions will depend on the group permission setup inside Countly to manage the Groups or Users sections. Assign users to the groups in Okta in order to match between Countly groups and Okta groups.