Okta Authentication (SAML)

Ivanti Neurons currently offer the option of selecting Okta as the external authentication provider for your tenant. This is a good choice if you want to centralize the end user log on experience, reduce the occurrence of password related calls to the help desk, and have granular controls over policies and audit trails.

Configure & Enable External Authentication

Step 4 - Okta Configuration Settings (Ivanti Neurons Platform)

Once you have created the Okta application you can continue with the Ivanti Neurons Platform configuration.

  1. Return to the Okta Configuration Settings page (Ivanti Neurons Platform > Authentication > External Authentication (SSO) > Configure and Enable.
  2. Enter the Okta Domain from the user profile drop-down in the top-right of the Okta app integration.
  3. Leave the Auth Server ID blank. You only need to specify the tenant details if you are using a custom authorization server. For further details refer to Okta App setup - Custom authorization server.
  4. Enter the Client ID that was generated and saved from the Okta app integration.
  5. Enter the Client secret value, that was generated and saved from the Okta app integration.
  6. Select Continue to display the Validate Connection Settings page.

Configure Auto Provisioning

Enabling auto provisioning will automatically grant access to Ivanti Neurons for all members within the Okta Application without having to go through the manual invite process. When a new member logs in for the first time, a new Ivanti Neurons Platform account will be provisioned in Ivanti Neurons > Members. All new auto provisioned members will be granted the access control roles defined in the set up.

Once enabled, the options: Edit the default access control roles, and Disable auto provisioning, become available. Any roles edits, or disabling, of auto provisioning will not affect any existing auto provisioned members, it will only apply to those who are provisioned after the changes have been made.

Once auto-provisioning has been enabled, everyone who has access to the Okta Application will have access to Ivanti Neurons. You can restrict access to certain users or groups from within the Okta Application. Refer to the Okta documentation for further details.