Configure single sign-on with Okta as identity provider

Administrator role in Okta required. Promaster A Nintex Promapp system administrator who administers a Nintex Promapp site and has rights to view and edit all areas of a Nintex Promapp site. privilege in Nintex Process Manager required.

You can configure Single Sign-On (SSO) in your Nintex Process Manager site with Okta to enable users to securely and conveniently sign in to Nintex Process Manager using the same credentials.

Prerequisites

You must have the following prerequisites configured before you start:

  • Have an Okta account with Administrator privileges. For more information, see the Okta Help.
  • Have Nintex Process Manager site user with Promaster privileges. For more information, see Managing users in Nintex Process Manager.
  • Ensure that the Logon field for the User record in Nintex Process Manager must match the Username in Okta.

Once you have the prerequisites configured, follow the details in the sections below.

Configure SSO in Okta and Nintex Process Manager

Follow these steps to configure settings in Okta and Nintex Process Manager for enabling SSO. For more information on navigating Okta and settings within Okta, refer to the Okta help documentation.

  1. Log in to your Okta site with an administrator account and select the Classic UI view.
  2. Click Applications > Applications > Add Application.
  3. Search for Process Manager and click Add.
  4. On the Sign-On Options page, click View Setup Instructions and copy the following field values to a text file:
    1. SSO - Login URL: copy the Login URL. This Login URL will be used as the SSO Login Url by Nintex Process Manager for Service Provider initiated login.
    2. SSO - x.509 Certificate: copy all text between “---Begin Certificate---“ and “----End Certificate---“ . This certificate is required to configure the Nintex Process Manager SSO settings.

The selected users will now be able to access Nintex Process Manager from Okta, or open Nintex Process Manager directly by navigating to your Nintex Process Manager site while authenticated in Okta.

Before you start Ensure you have logged out of your Nintex Process Manager site.

  1. Log in to your Okta site.
  2. In the Work section, click on the Nintex Process Manager application tile you have configured.

You will be logged in to your Nintex Process Manager site.

Troubleshooting

For more information and troubleshooting, see: