SSO for OKTA

This article explains how to configure Single Sign-On (SSO) in Vault using Okta as the SAML 2.0 Identity Provider. When SSO is enabled, users are redirected to Okta for authentication and, upon success, are taken to the Vault Dashboard.

Add the Vault Application to Okta

Steps:

1. Sign in to Okta as an admin. If you don’t have an Okta org, sign up at https://developer.okta.com/signup/.

2. Go to Applications > Add Application.

3. Click Create App Integration.

4. Choose SAML 2.0 and click Next.

5. In General Settings:

   • Name: Vault

   • Upload Vault logo

   • Click Next

6. In the Configure SAML tab:

   • Single sign on URL: <instanceURL>/ARVault/saml/SSO e.g.: https://vault-qa.autorabit.com/ARVault/saml/SSO

   • Audience URI (SP Entity ID): <instanceURL>/ARVault/saml/metadata

7. Under Attribute Statements:

Name	Value
firstname	user.firstName
lastname	user.lastName
customerid	Vault customer ID
restrictAutoCreationOfUser	Yes or No

Note: Customer ID is available under the Profile section in your Vault account.

1. Click Next, then choose:

   • "I'm an Okta customer adding an internal app"

   • "This is an internal application that we created"

   • Click Finish

2. Go to the Assignments tab:

   • Click Assign > Assign to People

   • Assign users, click Save and Go Back, then Done

3. Go to the Sign On tab and click Identity Provider Metadata.

   • Save the file as XML or copy the metadata URL.

Configure SSO in Vault

1. Log in to Vault

2. Navigate to Settings > SSO Configuration

3. Enter a name for the config and select:

   • Metadata URL (paste the copied link), or

   • Metadata File (upload the XML file)

4. Click Activate

You may disable login with Vault credentials by toggling off that option.

Logging in Using SSO

1. On the Vault login screen, click Login with SSO

2. Enter your Customer ID

3. Click Sign in

You can also log in directly from your Okta dashboard by clicking on the Vault application icon.

Troubleshooting

Error: "Your user is not available in the account with provided customer id. Please contact the administrator to create a user for you in the account."

Causes:

1. The user is not assigned to the Vault app in Okta.

2. restrictAutoCreationOfUser is set to Yes and the user has not been pre-created in Vault.