Configuring the Active Roles application in Okta
From version 7.5.2, Active Roles can be integrated with Okta, a cloud-based identity service offering identity, authentication, and access control functions as a service to complement and extend identity and access management.
To configure the Active Roles application in Okta, follow these steps.
To configure the Active Roles application in Okta
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Log into the Okta Admin Console.
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Navigate to Applications > Applications.
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Click Browse App Catalog.
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Find and select Template WS-Fed.
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Click Add.
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Enter and set the following:
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Application label: Enter a label for the Okta application.
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Web Application URL: Enter the URL for the Active Roles Web Interface, for example, https://localhost/arwebadmin.
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ReplyTo URL: Enter the same URL that you entered as the Web Application URL value.
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Name ID Format: Enter Persistent.
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Audience Restriction: Temporarily enter the same value that you entered as the Web Application URL value. This will be updated.
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Custom Attribute Statements: Enter http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/email|${user.email}|.
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Click Done.
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Click General.
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Copy the value from Realm.
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Click Edit.
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Paste the Realm value as the Audience Restriction value.
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Click Save.
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Click Sign On.
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To open a new tab with information needed to configure WS-Federation in Configuring Okta in the Active Roles Configuration Center, click View Setup Instructions.
Configuring Okta in the Active Roles Configuration Center
From version 7.5.2, Active Roles can be integrated with Okta, a cloud-based identity service offering identity, authentication, and access control functions as a service to complement and extend identity and access management.
To configure Okta in the Active Roles Configuration Center, follow these steps.
Prerequisites
Before you can configure Okta in the Active Roles Configuration Center, you must configure the Active Roles application in Okta. For more information, see Configuring the Active Roles application in Okta.
To configure Okta in the Active Roles Configuration Center
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In the Active Roles Configuration Center, navigate to Web Interface > Authentication.
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In the Site authentication settings window, select the Federated tab.
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In the Identity provider configuration tab that you opened in Step 14 of Configuring the Active Roles application in Okta, configure the settings of the identity provider.
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From Identity provider, select Custom.
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In Okta Setup Instructions, copy the Public Link URL.
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In the Active Roles Configuration Center, paste it into the Federated metadata URL.
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To validate the metadata, click Test metadata.
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To close the prompt about opening the XML file in a web browser, click No.
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In the Okta Setup Instructions tab that you opened in Step 14 of Configuring the Active Roles application in Okta, copy the Realm (APP ID URL) value.
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In the Active Roles Configuration Center, paste the Realm (APP ID URL) value as the Realm value.
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In Reply URL, enter the same value that you entered as the Web Application URL value in Step 6 of Configuring the Active Roles application in Okta.
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In Claim editor, click Add to open the Add claim window, and enter or select the following.
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Claim Type: Based on the values of the local AD objects, select UPN or EMAIL.
NOTE: The UPN or the email address of the local AD objects must match the email value of the Okta objects.
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Claim value: Select http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/email.
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Display name: Enter the display name in user.email format.
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Description: Enter any description (this is typically the value the user logged in with).
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Click Save.
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Click Domain user login credentials.
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To access the local domain, enter the Username in domain/username format, and the Password.
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Click Modify.
Active Roles Language Pack
Active Roles Language Pack
Available for download from the One Identity Support Portal, the Active Roles Language Pack provides product localization for Active Roles. To enable localization, install the Language Pack on the machine(s) running the Active Roles Administration Service, Configuration Center, Console, or Web Interface components.
NOTE: You can install the Active Roles Language Pack on 64-bit operating systems only.
To install the Active Roles Language Pack
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From the One Identity Support Portal, download the Language Pack applicable to your Active Roles release. For more information on the system requirements, see the Active Roles Release Notes.
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Open the ISO or extract the ZIP archive, and run x64\ActiveRolesLanguagePack.msi.
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Follow the instructions of the installer.
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After the Language Pack is installed, restart the Active Roles Administration Service. To restart the Administration Service, open the Configuration Center, click Administration Service on the left pane, then either click Restart, or first click Stop and then Start.
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Reset Internet Information Services (IIS) for the Active Roles Web Interface. To do so, open the Windows Command Prompt, and run the iisreset command.
Supported languages
The Active Roles Language Pack supports the following languages:
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For the Active Roles Administration Service, Configuration Center, Console and components, the Language Pack provides support for German language.
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For the Active Roles Web Interface component, the Language Pack provides support for the following languages: