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  1. API
  2. Auth engines

Okta auth method (API)

This is the API documentation for the Vault Okta auth method. For general information about the usage and operation of the Okta method, please see the Vault Okta method documentation.

This documentation assumes the Okta method is mounted at the /auth/okta path in Vault. Since it is possible to enable auth methods at any location, please update your API calls accordingly.

Create configuration

Configures the connection parameters for Okta. This path honors the distinction between the create and update capabilities inside ACL policies.

Method
Path

POST

/auth/okta/config

Parameters

  • org_name (string: <required>) - Name of the organization to be used in the Okta API.

  • api_token (string: "") - Okta API token. This is required to query Okta for user group membership. If this is not supplied only locally configured groups will be enabled. Support for okta auth without api_token is deprecated in Vault 1.4

  • base_url (string: "") - If set, will be used as the base domain for API requests. If unset, "okta.com" will be used. Other valid examples are oktapreview.com, and okta-emea.com.

  • bypass_okta_mfa (bool: false) - Whether to bypass an Okta MFA request. Useful if using one of Vault's built-in MFA mechanisms, but this will also cause certain other statuses to be ignored, such as PASSWORD_EXPIRED.

@include 'tokenfields.mdx'

Sample payload

{
  "org_name": "example",
  "api_token": "abc123"
}

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request POST \
    --data @payload.json \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/okta/config

Read configuration

Reads the Okta configuration.

Method
Path

GET

/auth/okta/config

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/okta/config

Sample response

{
  "request_id": "812229d7-a82e-0b20-c35b-81ce8c1b9fa6",
  "lease_id": "",
  "lease_duration": 0,
  "renewable": false,
  "data": {
    "base_url": "okta.com",
    "bypass_okta_mfa": false,
    "org_name": "example",
    "token_bound_cidrs": [],
    "token_explicit_max_ttl": 0,
    "token_max_ttl": 0,
    "token_no_default_policy": false,
    "token_num_uses": 0,
    "token_period": 0,
    "token_policies": [],
    "token_ttl": 0,
    "token_type": "default"
  },
  "warnings": null
}

List users

List the users configured in the Okta method.

Method
Path

LIST

/auth/okta/users

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request LIST \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/okta/users

Sample response

{
  "auth": null,
  "warnings": null,
  "wrap_info": null,
  "data": {
    "keys": ["fred", "jane"]
  },
  "lease_duration": 0,
  "renewable": false,
  "lease_id": ""
}

Register user

Registers a new user and maps a set of policies to it.

Method
Path

POST

/auth/okta/users/:username

Parameters

  • username (string: <required>) - Name of the user.

  • groups (array: []) - List or comma-separated string of groups associated with the user.

  • policies (array: []) - List or comma-separated string of policies associated with the user.

{
  "policies": ["dev", "prod"]
}

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request POST \
    --data @payload.json \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/okta/users/fred

Read user

Reads the properties of an existing username.

Method
Path

GET

/auth/okta/users/:username

Parameters

  • username (string: <required>) - Username for this user.

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/okta/users/test-user

Sample response

{
  "request_id": "812229d7-a82e-0b20-c35b-81ce8c1b9fa6",
  "lease_id": "",
  "lease_duration": 0,
  "renewable": false,
  "data": {
    "policies": ["default", "dev"],
    "groups": []
  },
  "warnings": null
}

Delete user

Deletes an existing username from the method.

Method
Path

DELETE

/auth/okta/users/:username

Parameters

  • username (string: <required>) - Username for this user.

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request DELETE \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/okta/users/test-user

List groups

List the groups configured in the Okta method.

Method
Path

LIST

/auth/okta/groups

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request LIST \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/okta/groups

Sample response

{
  "auth": null,
  "warnings": null,
  "wrap_info": null,
  "data": {
    "keys": ["admins", "dev-users"]
  },
  "lease_duration": 0,
  "renewable": false,
  "lease_id": ""
}

Register group

Registers a new group and maps a set of policies to it.

Method
Path

POST

/auth/okta/groups/:name

Parameters

  • name (string: <required>) - The name of the group.

  • policies (array: []) - The list or comma-separated string of policies associated with the group.

{
  "policies": ["dev", "prod"]
}

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request POST \
    --data @payload.json \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/okta/groups/admins

Read group

Reads the properties of an existing group.

Method
Path

GET

/auth/okta/groups/:name

Parameters

  • name (string: <required>) - The name for the group.

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/okta/groups/admins

Sample response

{
  "request_id": "812229d7-a82e-0b20-c35b-81ce8c1b9fa6",
  "lease_id": "",
  "lease_duration": 0,
  "renewable": false,
  "data": {
    "policies": ["default", "admin"]
  },
  "warnings": null
}

Delete group

Deletes an existing group from the method.

Method
Path

DELETE

/auth/okta/groups/:name

Parameters

  • name (string: <required>) - The name for the group.

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request DELETE \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/okta/users/test-user

Login

Login with the username and password.

Method
Path

POST

/auth/okta/login/:username

Parameters

  • username (string: <required>) - Username for this user.

  • password (string: <required>) - Password for the authenticating user.

  • totp (string: <optional>) - Okta Verify TOTP passcode.

  • provider (string: <optional>) - MFA TOTP factor provider. GOOGLE and OKTA are currently supported.

  • nonce (string: <optional>) - Nonce provided during a login request to retrieve the number verification challenge for the matching request.

Sample payload

{
  "password": "Password!"
}

Sample request

$ curl \
    --request POST \
    --data @payload.json \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/okta/login/fred

Sample response

{
  "lease_id": "",
  "renewable": false,
  "lease_duration": 0,
  "data": null,
  "warnings": null,
  "auth": {
    "client_token": "64d2a8f2-2a2f-5688-102b-e6088b76e344",
    "accessor": "18bb8f89-826a-56ee-c65b-1736dc5ea27d",
    "policies": ["default"],
    "metadata": {
      "username": "fred",
      "policies": "default"
    },
    "lease_duration": 7200,
    "renewable": true
  }
}

Verify

Verify a number challenge that may result from an Okta Verify Push challenge.

Method
Path

GET

/auth/okta/verify/:nonce

Parameters

  • nonce (string: <required>) - Nonce provided if performing login that requires number verification challenge. Logins through the vault login CLI command will automatically generate a nonce.

Sample request

$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/auth/okta/verify/nonce/BCR66Ru6oJKPtC00PxJJ

Sample response

{
  "request_id": "de6a8029-79e5-1dd1-dbe9-6405166b3f94",
  "lease_id": "",
  "lease_duration": 0,
  "renewable": false,
  "data": {
    "correct_answer": 94
  },
  "warnings": null
}
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