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Set Up Okta for Censys SAML Authentication

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Use this article to enable SSO with Okta as your Identity Provider for Censys authentication.

This is 1 part of a 2 part process to configure SAML-based authentication for people on your Censys team.

To successfully complete this setup, you must select the Use SAML check box on the Censys Team Authentication page. Information necessary to this setup article is available in the SP Details section.

Add Censys as an SSO-enabled application

  1. On the Okta dashboard, click the Applications nav item in the left navigation panel and select Applications.

  2. Click Create App Integration.

    okta applications new

  3. In the dialog box that appears, select SAML 2.0 for the Sign-in method. Click Next.

    okta applications new saml 2 0

  4. 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.

      okta create step 1

    • Click Next.

  5. 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.

    • To have an IdP-initiated login, provide the Censys Search or Censys Attack Surface Management URL for the Default RelayState.

      • For Censys Attack Surface Management , enter https://app.censys.io/.

      • For Censys Search, enter https://search.censys.io/.

    • For the Name ID format field, select Unspecified.

    • For the Application username field, select Email.

      okta create step 2

  6. In the Attribute Statements section, map Okta Names to the Values that Censys Search 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.

      okta create step 2 attribute mapping

      Click Next .

  7. On Step 3 (Feedback), select I’m an Okta customer adding an internal app and then click Finish.

    okta create step 3

Assign Users

  1. Open the Censys Search application from the Applications page in the Okta app.

    okta applications censys

  2. Navigate to the Assignments tab. Select the people or groups to have access to Censys Search.

    okta censys app assignments

Up Next

With Okta configured to authenticate Censys Search users, it’s time to configure Censys for SAML authentication.

Use the information provided on the Sign On tab of the Censys Search application, half-way down the page. Click View SAML Setup Instructions in the right navigation.

okta idp info link

A page opens with information that must be configured in Censys Search.

okta idp info page

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