04.24.17
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One Cloud Access Manager Integration with password management applications

One Cloud Access Manager allows you to integrate with password management solutions adding a forgot password link. Below screenshot that shows you how to configure.

1. By Default the One Cloud Access Manager doesn’t provide a link for the password management solution. You can see screen below.

2. Go to the Admin Interface for  the tool and select Settings | Turn Features On/Off

3.Now you will see the Password Management Options available. For this example, introduce the default password manager link for Quest.

4. Now go to the End User Portal, at this point you will see  a new link called Forgot Password that will redirect you to the Password Management Solution.

5. After you clicked the Forgot Password link on the One Cloud Access Manager, you will be redirected to the Password Management tool.

Keep visiting our Cloud Identity and Access Management blog, we are posting new material every week.

04.13.17
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Okta – Installing the Okta LDAP Agent

Okta allows companies to connect to their LDAP directory in order to provide users for Cloud SSO operations. The first step to configure is to install the LDAP Agent, following the steps required to complete the installation.

 

  1. Download the Okta LDAP Agent in the server that will function as LDAP Agent Proxy.

 

2. Once Okta LDAP agent downloaded, start the installation. Click next in the initial page.

3. Review the Okta LDAP Agent agreement and click next.

4. Specify the folder location  where the Okta LDAP Agent will be installed and click Next.

5. Okta LDAP Agent will start the installation files. Wait until is completed.

6. Once completed, you need to configure your LDAP parameters. For this steps we will connect Okta with JumpCloud which is an DaaS ( Directory as a Service )

7. Complete the parameters and click Next. The Okta LDAP Agent will continuing the setup.

8. Now you can configure the Okta LDAP Agent proxy server. You can skip this step if you are planning to use direct connection.

9. Now introduce the values corresponding to your company Okta  URL organization and click Next.

 

10. The Okta LDAP Agent will redirect you to authenticate to your Okta organization. Introduce admin credentials and click Sign In.

11. Okta LDAP Agent will ask permission for the agent. Click Allow Access.

12. Now Okta LDAP Agent will register the agent in your Okta organization.

13. Once the Okta LDAP Agent registration is completed. Now the agent installation is completed. Click finish.

14. Okta LDAP Agent will display a form with the LDAP agent started.

15. At this point Okta LDAP Agent is already installed and registered in your Okta organization. Now you can proceed with the configuration steps. Below a screen within your Okta organization that confirm the Okta LDAP Agent was installed.

 

We will continue this post later with the configuration steps, we will use JumpCloud LDAP capabilities.

 

04.10.17
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Disable Okta Home footer

Disable Okta Home footer

By default Okta enable the home footer. This footer can be disabled  if is required by the business.

 

To disable the Okta footer, login the Okta instance as a admin and to to the Settings | Appearance Menu

In the Display option select the drop down component and select disable.

 

Now login or refresh the Okta page for a logged user and you will see the changes.

 

01.20.17
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How to delete a user within okta?

Okta recently released a new feature that allow delete the user from their cloud tenant. Below screenshot showing the okta delete button.

1. Login to the okta admin console and under the Directory Menu select People. From there select the user link to edit. Now you will see the Delete button.

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2. Once you click the okta Delete button, a confirmation windows will be displayed Click Delete and now your user will be deleted.

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The delete button will only appears if the user was previously deactivated.

01.19.17
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JumpCloud System – User bindings for windows systems

JumpCloud System – User bindings for windows systems

1. JumpCloud cloud solution for IDaaS allows you to add windows systems using an agent installed on them. Once the system exist within jumpcloud, now you have to configure the user. You go to the System option and select the system, from here you select the user you want to allow access the windows system and choose if you want to allow access as a Standard User or Administrator.

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2.Once JumpCloud save the changes. Now you can remote access the server with the user.
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3. Now you should have been logged within the windows systems. If you go to the Control Panel and verify the user account now exist.

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01.17.17
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Okta add new application – adding bitbucket within okta self-service portal

Okta add new application – adding bitbucket within okta self-service portal

Once you have access to the okta self-service. Okta allows you to start adding sso features for some applications. Below screenshot for okta bitbucket.

1.Within the okta self-service select add app

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2. Okta added the application within your dashboard. Click in the okta bitbucket icon top-right to configure your credentials.

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3. Now configure the credentials to allow okta authenticate on your behalf. Click the update credentials tab.

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4. Complete the screen with the bitbucket credentials

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5. At this point okta added and configured bitbucket and is ready to be used. Click in the okta bitbucket icon and okta will start redirecting to the bitbucket web site and authenticate on your behalf.

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6. After okta complete the redirection, now you will  within the bitbucket website.

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8. If you go back to the okta self-service, okta will popup a screen asking you to certify that okta was able to complete the okta bitbucket authentication.

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Now you are ready to add more okta applications within your okta self-service portal.

01.12.17
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Okta Self-Service Portal

Okta Self-Service Portal

Okta self-service allow the user to manage their profile information as well access to applications. The screen below show okta self-service pages.

1. Go to the https://login.okta.com/ and introduce the name of your okta company tenant.

 

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2. okta will displays a form with the sign-in information.

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3. Once completed the okta sign-in process, you will be redirected to the okta web site and top left you can select Your Apps or logout icons,

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4. Click in the okta Your apps icon and now you will be redirected to the okta portal where you can use or add applications to your dashboard.
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