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title: "Fortanix DSM with Okta"
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updated: 2026-04-01T07:59:32Z
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# Fortanix DSM with Okta

## 1.0 Introduction

This article describes how to integrate Fortanix-Data-Security-Manager**(**DSM**) Single Sign-On (SSO) using SAML 2.0 with Okta**.

## 2.0 Prerequisites

Ensure the following:

- An Okta administrator account to configure the SSO using SAML 2.0.
- Fortanix DSM administrator account for SSO configuration.

## 3.0 Configure Okta SSO

Perform the following steps to configure Okta as the SSO authentication method in Fortanix DSM:

1. Log in to the Okta admin console.

![Login_Okta.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/login_okta.png)

**Figure 1: Log in to Okta**
2. Click the **Applications** tab.

![App_okta.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/app_okta.png)

**Figure 2: Applications tab**
3. Click **Create New App** to create a SAML application.

![CreateApp_okta.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/createapp_okta.png)

**Figure 3: Create new app**
4. In the**Create a New Application Integration** form:

![CreateApp1_okta.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/createapp1_okta.png)

**Figure 4: Create app**
  1. **Platform**: Select **Web**.
  2. **Sign on method**: Select **SAML 2.0**.
  3. Click **Create**to create the application.
5. In the **General Settings** tab:

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> You can choose a different name and logo based on your requirements.

![GeneralSettings_Okta.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/generalsettings_okta.png)

**Figure 5: Create SAML integration**
6. Click **Next**to configure SAML.
7. In the **SAML settings** page, enter the **Single sign on URL** and **Audience URI (SP Entity ID)**. It is important to select the **Name ID** **format**for **EmailAddress**and **Application username**to **Email**.

![SAMLSettings_Okta1.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/14938468821012.png)

**Figure 6: SAML Settings**
8. On the **SAML Settings** page, scroll down and click **Next**.

![SAMLSettings1_Okta.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/samlsettings1_okta.png)

**Figure 7: Finalize SAML Settings**
9. In the **Are you a customer or partner?** field, select **I’m a software vendor. I’d like to integrate my app with Okta**, and click **Finish**.

![SAMLSettings2_Okta.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/samlsettings2_okta.png)

**Figure 8: Finish SAML integration**
10. You can see your application is onboarded and displayed on the Okta **Applications**dashboard.

![AppOnboarded_Okta.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/apponboarded_okta.png)

**Figure 9: Application onboarded**
11. Click the application “**Fortanix**” and go to the **Assignments** tab. In this step, we are assigning the application “**Fortanix**” to the SSO user who will log in to Fortanix DSM.

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> Make sure you have added the SSO user to the identity source.

![AssignApp_Okta.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/assignapp_okta.png)

**Figure 10: Assign app to Okta**
12. Click the **Sign On**tab on the same page and click **View Setup Instructions**as shown below.

![ViewSetupInstructions_Okta.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/viewsetupinstructions_okta.png)

**Figure 11: View setup instructions**
13. On the instructions page, note down the SSO URL and copy the IDP metadata to a notepad.

![CopyIDPmetadata_Okta.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/copyidpmetadata_okta.png)

**Figure 12: Copy IDP metadata**

## 4.0 Configure Okta SSO in Fortanix DSM

Perform the following steps to integrate Fortanix DSM with Okta using SAML configuration:

1. Log in to the Fortanix DSM using URL: `https://<FORTANIX_DSM_URL>/`.
2. In the Fortanix DSM user interface (UI), navigate to **Settings**→ **AUTHENTICATION**tab, and select **SINGLE SIGN-ON** as the authentication method.
3. Click **ADD SAML INTEGRATION** to add a new SAML integration.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/SSO-Screen-1.png)

**Figure 13: Select SSO**
4. On the **Add SAML Integration** page:

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Ping_Identity_SAML_Logo_URL(3).png)

**Figure 15: Customize SSO**
  1. Click **UPLOAD A FILE** to browse and upload the SAML file downloaded in *Step 13*of [*Section 3.0: Configure Okta SSO*](/v1/docs/using-fortanix-data-security-manager-sso-with-okta#30-configure-okta-sso).

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Upload_File(2).png)

**Figure 14: Upload SAML metadata**
  2. In the **SSO Title** field, customize the SSO by adding a name in the **SSO Title** field and a URL for the logo image in the**Logo URL** field.
  3. Click **ADD INTEGRATION**.
5. After successfully integrating with Okta SSO, Fortanix DSM displays the configured SSO below:

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Okta_Configured (1).png)

**Figure 16: Ping Identity configured**

## 5.0 Test the Integration

Perform the following steps to verify the SSO integration:

1. Log out of Fortanix DSM to sign in using SSO.
2. Open a new incognito browser window and enter the Okta SSO URL.
3. Enter the SSO user credentials to log in.

![Test1_Okta.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/test1_okta.png)

**Figure 17: Log in to SSO**
4. On the Fortanix DSM **Login**screen, click the **LOG IN WITH OKTA_SSO**to log in using the newly added SSO configuration.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c3bd85d2-4ad8-4d85-9f60-f1c168a3aad9/Images/Documentation/Okta_Login_DSM.png)

**Figure 18: Log in using Okta SSO**
5. You will now be automatically logged in to Fortanix DSM and reach the Fortanix DSM accounts page.

Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) is the world’s first cloud service secured with Intel® SGX. With Fortanix DSM, you can securely generate, store, and use cryptographic keys and certificates, as well as other secrets such as passwords, API keys, tokens, or any blob of data. Your business-critical applications and containers can integrate with Fortanix DSM using legacy cryptographic interfaces (PKCS#11, CNG, and JCE) or using the native Fortanix DSM RESTful interface.

Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) is the world’s first cloud service secured with Intel® SGX. With Fortanix DSM, you can securely generate, store, and use cryptographic keys and certificates, as well as other secrets such as passwords, API keys, tokens, or any blob of data. Your business-critical applications and containers can integrate with Fortanix DSM using legacy cryptographic interfaces (PKCS#11, CNG, and JCE) or using the native Fortanix DSM RESTful interface.

## Related

- [Fortanix DSM with Okta](/using-fortanix-data-security-manager-sso-with-okta.md)