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Tutorial: Integrating Valimail with Okta
Tutorial: Integrating Valimail with Okta
Updated over a week ago

Follow these steps to enable Okta SSO for your Valimail Enforce account:

1. Login to your Okta account as an administrator and click on the Admin button in the top menu bar.

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2. Click on the Applications link in the top menu bar and then click the Add Application button.

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3. Enter Valimail into the search field and hit enter. Then click on the Valimail search result.

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Click add:

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4. Click the Done Button.

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5. Click on the Sign On tab and then right-click on the Identity Provider metadata link and save the link as okta_metadata.xml which will then download the Okta IDP metadata XML file to your computer.

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6. Now login to your Valimail Enforce account at https://app.valimail.com/auth/users/sign_in

Click on Account Settings in the left side menu:

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7. Click on the Single Sign-on Setup button:

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8. Click on Upload IDP metadata file:

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9. Click on add IDP metadata file:

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10. Select the file that was downloaded to your computer in step 5 above:

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  • Enable JIT Provisioning (optional): Check this option to enable Just-In-Time (JIT) Provisioning.

  • Provisioning Domains (optional, but required for JIT): Add one or more JIT provisioning domains.

  • Click the Enable button:




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11. Go back to your Okta account and assign the Valimail app to the appropriate users.

Service Provider (SP) initiated Single Sign-On (SSO)

  1. Enter your Email address.

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  2. Click Log In with SSO.

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  3. If you are already authenticated to Okta and have been assigned the Valimail app, you will be automatically logged into your Valimail account - otherwise, you will first be prompted to authenticate to Okta.

Identity Provider (IDP) initiated Single Sign-On (SSO)

  1. Log in to your Okta account as a user that has been assigned the Valimail app.

  2. Click on the Valimail app in the Okta portal and you will be automatically logged into your Valimail account.

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