Here is how to set up a SAML application in Okta:
- Log in to your Okta organization as a user with administrative privileges.
- Click on the blue Admin button on top-right.
- Click on the Add Apps option visible on your right-side.
- Click on the green Create New App button.
- In the dialog that opens, select the “SAML 2.0” option, then click the “Create” button
- On the “General Settings” page, enter the application name, for e.g. Celoxis in the “App name” field, then click the “Next” button.
- For Configure SAML step, enter the following details:
- Single sign on URL
- Audience URI (SP Entity ID)
- Name ID format
- Name ID format
- Click Next.
- In “Feedback” step, select “I’m an Okta customer adding an internal app”, and “This is an internal app that we have created,” then click Finish.
- The “Sign On” section of your newly created application appears. Keep this page open it a separate tab or browser window. You will return to this page later in this guide and copy the “Identity Provider metadata” link.