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title: Okta SSO (SAML)
description: "**Step:1 Create an application in okta** This app connector provides the SAML values your app needs to communicate with Okta SAML as an identity provider. It also provides a place for you to provide SAML values that SAML requires to…"
url: "https://se-stage.securends.com/documentation/okta-sso-saml/"
updated: "2022-01-26"
category: "Credential Entitlement Management (CEM) / Single Sign-On (SSO)"
---

# Okta SSO (SAML)

**Step:1 Create an application in okta**

This app connector provides the SAML values your app needs to communicate with Okta SAML as an identity provider. It also provides a place for you to provide SAML values that SAML requires to communicate with your app as a service provider.

1. Access Okta.
2. Go to Applications

**Please click on Create App Integration**

![](https://www.securends.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-4.png)

**Please select an option SAML2.0**

![](https://www.securends.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-5.png)

**Please Enter App Name and click on Next button**

![](https://www.securends.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-6.png)

**Please Enter Single Sign On URL and Audience URI(SP Entity ID) and Click On Next Button**

![](https://www.securends.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-7.png)

- **Note: The above screenshot I used qa11 and we have to replace qa11 with specific customer URL.**

**Please Select I’m an Okta customer adding an internal app option**

**click on Finish Button**

![](https://www.securends.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-8.png)

**Now we can see The Identity Provider Metadata link **

![](https://www.securends.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-9.png)

**Click on the metadatalink it can open a new window click on save (Ctrl+S).**

**It will open a pop up window to save the metadata file.**

![](https://www.securends.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-10.png)

**Note: Please save the file and share it with Securends Team**

**Please Click On View Setup Instructions**

![](https://www.securends.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-11.png)

**Please copy the Identity Provider Issuer.**

![](https://www.securends.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-12.png)

**Note:  Please copy the issuer url and share it with the securends team**

**Final Step: Please assign the created application to people/groups.**

![](https://www.securends.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image-13.png)