Set Up Okta for Censys SAML Authentication
Follow this guide to enable SSO with Okta as your Identity Provider for Censys authentication.
This is one part of a two-part process to configure SAML-based authentication for people on your Censys team.
In order to successfully complete this setup, you must have the "Use SAML" checkbox selected on the Censys Team Authentication page. Information necessary to this setup guide is present in the SP Details section.
Add Censys as an SSO-enabled application
-
On the Okta dashboard, click the Applications nav item in the left navigation panel and select Applications from the dropdown menu.
-
Click the Create App Integration button.
-
In the modal that pops up, choose "SAML 2.0" for the Sign-in method. Then, click Next.
-
On Step 1 (General Settings), provide general application details, including:
-
An App Name of Censys
-
The Application logo, available here
-
App visibility settings aligned to your preference for IdP-initiated login from your SSO portal
-
Click Next.
-
-
On Step 2 (Configure SAML), provide information about the Censys application:
-
For the Single sign on URL field, paste the Assertion Consumer Service URL from the SP Details section of the Censys Authentication page.
-
For the Audience URI field, copy the Entity ID URL from the SP Details section of the Censys Authentication page.
-
If you wish to have an IdP-initiated login, provide the Censys Search or Censys ASM URL for the Default RelayState.
-
For Censys ASM, input
https://app.censys.io/ -
For Censys Search, input
https://search.censys.io/
-
-
For the Name ID format field, select Unspecified from the menu.
-
For the Application username field, select Email from the menu.
-
-
In the Attribute Statements section, map Okta Names to the Values that Censys expects. The name format should be unspecified for all.
-
Map the Okta "givenName" to the Censys Value user.firstName.
-
Map the Okta "surName" to the Censys Value user.lastName.
Click Next.
-
-
On Step 3 (Feedback), select "I’m an Okta customer adding an internal app" radio button for Are you a customer or partner? and then click Finish.
Assign Users
-
Open the Censys application from the Applications page in the Okta app.
-
Navigate to the Assignments tab. Select the people or groups who should have access to Censys.
Up Next
With Okta configured to authenticate Censys users, it’s time to configure Censys for SAML authentication.
Use the information provided on the Sign On tab of the Censys application, half-way down the page. Click the linked text that says "View SAML Setup Instructions" in the right-hand navigation.
A page will open with information that must be configured in Censys.
Comments
0 comments
Please sign in to leave a comment.