Okta connector
What is Okta?
Okta helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications and for developers to build identity controls into applications, website web services, and devices.
About Kissflow's Okta integration
Kissflow Integration's Okta connector lets you connect Okta instantly with Kissflow apps and other popular third-party applications. You must have a valid Okta Admin account and be a Kissflow paid customer to integrate with Okta. You can use the Okta connector to provision and manage users inside your Okta directory.
Supported actions in Okta connector
Action events |
Description |
Add a user |
This action adds a user to your Okta directory. |
Get user details |
This action retrieves information on a specific user based on their name. |
Deactivate a user |
This action deactivates a user who does not have a deprovisioned status. |
Configuring Okta connector
Inside your Kissflow account, click your profile picture on the top right corner of the screen and click Integrations from the dropdown. Now, click the New integration button to provide a name and description for your integration.
Once inside your editor, set up a trigger step, for example, a Kissflow Process trigger event, When an item completes a workflow.
- After setting up your trigger step above, click the Add button (
) next to set up your action step. Search for Okta and select an action event from the available options (as mentioned in the above table.)
- To authenticate your connection, you need your Okta domain and a unique API token.
- After signing into Okta Admin account page, go to the upper right corner of your Okta Admin page to copy your Okta domain.
- To generate a unique API token, go to Security > API > Tokens > Create token. Copy the API token value.
- To authenticate your connection, click +Add an account. In the popup window, paste your copied Okta domain and API token and click Authenticate to complete authentication.
- After authenticating with your Okta account, add relevant values against the Okta form fields. You can hit Refresh fields to view all the updated fields in the selected Okta form. You can also map Okta fields from your trigger step or fields from your previous action steps. These values will be automatically added to item fields after the action is executed.
- After a successful configuration, test whether your Okta action step is set up correctly by clicking the Test button. The connector will pull field data from your selected Okta account and display it as a JSON output. Similar to the trigger step, errors are notified to you right away. Fix them before retesting the action step.
Setting up an Okta connector
After creating a custom workflow with your Okta connector's action steps, switch ON the toggle button to activate the integration run. Once a trigger event occurs, the Okta action is activated and the details are updated in your Okta Directory based on the selected action type.
To ensure your integrations are properly configured and tested, review our best practices guide for tips on building robust and maintainable solutions.