• This function enables authentication for multiple web services with only one set of ID/Password.
• In particular, if Okta is introduced, SSO can be achieved even between service providers with different deployment environments such as cloud, on-premises, and mobile applications.

• SAML
  Standard protocol, supported by many products.
• WS-Federation
  It is often used in Microsoft products. Similar behavior to SAML.
• Secure Web Authentication (SWA)
  An authentication scheme created by Okta to provide SSO for applications that do not support SAML. Install the Okta plugin in the user's browser and let the plugin fill in the credentials on your behalf.
• Open ID Connect
  A standard mechanism for next-generation authentication and federated identity systems.

Differences in authentication order

• Okta comes pre-configured with a set of configurations for major web applications.
  * More than 6,000 sites (1,500 visible with evaluation license)
• Simply select any application from a catalog (list) called OIN
  Single Sign-On linkage is possible.
• WEB services that are not on OIN can also be linked by creating new ones yourself.
  (Own web application, etc.)

Just find the application in the search filter and press the Add button

Web portal
There is a portal screen for Okta users, and you can access each resource by clicking the service icon. (Folders can also be divided)

• Go to Applications > Applications screen

• Click Browse App Catalog​

• Enter part of the application name you want to create in the search form and select from the displayed search results
  *In this procedure, Box is selected as an example.

• Click Add​

• Since the contents of General Settings are displayed, click Next after setting

*The above is the default setting

• Select User Sets username and password and click Done​

• On the Assignments tab, click Assign, then click Assign to People​

• Select users to access this application with Assign​

• Click Save and Go Back​

• Click Done to complete user assignment

• Log in to Okta portal with the target user. Since the plugin is required, click install​

• Click Add to Chrome to add the Okta Browser Plugin to your browser

*The above is when Chrome is used as a browser.

• A confirmation pop-up will appear, click Add Extension​

• Return to the Okta portal screen and click the box icon

• Enter your username and password and click Sign In​

• Account information is automatically entered after the login page is displayed, and login to box is completed.

In SWA settings, select User share a single username and password Set by administrator and enter the shared account

• Transition to Applications > Applications screen

• Click Create App Integration​

• Select Secure Web Authentication (SWA) and click Next​

• Since the settings of General App Settings are displayed, enter the App name and App's login page URL and move to the bottom of the screen
  *In this procedure, enter Okta Ice from the demo site prepared by Okta as an example.

• The settings for how to sign in to the application will be displayed, so click Finish with the default

*By setting User sets username and password, the user can set the account and password for logging in to the application.

• On the Assignments tab, click Assign, then click Assign to People​

• Select users to access this application with Assign​

• Click Save and Go Back​

• Click Done to complete user assignment

• Click on the target application on the Okta portal, enter your username and password, and click Sign In, just like you would with OIN.

• Account information is automatically entered after the login page is displayed, and login to Okta Ice is completed.