This guide is intended for Okta admins who are configuring Single Sign On (SSO) in Consensus. It provides details regarding how to enter information generated in your Consensus portal into the Okta portal.
Okta Setup
Sign into your Okta portal:
Applications
Once logged in, on the main dashboard there is a menu on the left side. Under the Applications heading, click Applications:
Click Create App Integration:
In the modal titled Create a new app integration, select SAML 2.0 and click Next:
Create SAML Integration
Okta requires the app have a recognizable name for end users.
General Settings
Enter a name that makes sense for you and your organization to reference your Consensus instance.
Once an App name has been entered, click Next:
Configure SAML
Enter the values copied from Consensus into SAML Settings:
Refer to this table for instructions:
Consensus Field | Okta Field | Instructions |
Single Sign on URL | Single Sign on URL | Copy to the Single Sign on URL field in Okta |
Audience | Audience | Copy to the Audience URI (SP Entity ID) field in Okta |
Name ID Format | Name ID Format | Select Okta username in the dropdown next to Application username |
Application Username | Application Username | Select Okta username in the dropdown next to Application username |
Update application username on | Update application username on | Select Create and update in the dropdown next to Update application username on |
Once complete, click Next to continue.
Feedback
Select I’m an Okta customer adding an internal app and click Finish to finish the setup:
Copy Metadata URL
Click on the newly created Okta app:
Click Sign-On.
Copy the Metadata URL and paste it into Consensus to complete the Identity Provider setup.
