Okta provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, website web services, and devices.

Okta is a valuable source for discovery as it provides not only the ability to discover services and users but also to discover employee and department data.

Integration details

  • Integration categories:
    • Single Sign-On Systems (SSO)
  • Authentication mechanism:
    • API - OAuth

Discovery Capabilities

Available capabilitiesEntity descriptionNetskope resource
SaaS DiscoverySaaS discovery is the process of automatically identifying applications.Apps

Set up Okta

To integrate Okta as a discovery integration you need to enable LeanIX API service integration in the Okta admin panel.

To do so follow these steps:

  1. Open Okta admin panel and go to Applications > API Service Integrations and click Add Integration
  2. Select LeanIX - SaaS Discovery application, which requires the following scope:
  • okta.app.read

  1. Select the application, and click Next at the bottom of the page.

  2. Okta automatically selects and presents the required permission. You can review them and click on Install & Authorize.

  3. Copy the Client Secret and click Done.

  4. Copy Okta Domain and Client ID.

Pass configuration values to the LeanIX app

  1. Proceed to LeanIX and input the credentials you have generated on the Okta Admin Portal.

  2. Click Finish and wait for the connection to be established.