Okta + Netlify Authentication

This is an example of using Okta's Login Widget to provide access control for a Netlify site.

Try it out on your own account via this link:

You must make sure to deploy the site to an account with the JWT based visitor access control enabled.

Setting Up

Make sure you have an Okta account and a URL for that account.

Then create a new Application inside Okta. Choose Single Page application.

Create a new API Token and keep it handy.

Then click the deploy button above. Once you've authenticated with GitHub, you will be asked to fill in the following variables:

• OKTA_BASE_URL this is the URL of your Okta account, ie: https://dev-679417.oktapreview.com
• OKTA_API_TOKEN this is the API token created above
• OKTA_CLIENT_ID the client id for the Okta application created above
• JWT_SECRET either the JWT_SECRET set globally for your Netlify team, or a long random token

Once the site has been created, go to site settings, and transfer the site to a team with JWT based visitor access control enabled. If you don't have a global JWT secret for the team, go to Access Control under settings and configure the JWT Secret to be the same as in the step above.

Then go to "Trusted Origins" under "API" in Okta and add a new Trusted Origin. Enter a title, the URL of your new site, and check both the CORS and Redirect boxes.