Configure SSO with Okta

21 October 2025

This topic provides step-by-step instructions on adding Cohesity Cloud Protection Service as an application to Okta.

Perform the following steps to add Cohesity Cloud Protection Service as an application to Okta:

Log in to Okta as an Okta administrator.
Navigate to Applications > Applications and click Create App Integration.

The Create a New Application Integration page is displayed.
For the Sign on method, select SAML 2.0 and click Next.

The Create SAML Integration page is displayed.
Click the General tab and for General Settings do the following:
1. App Name: Specify an app name of your choice to display in the Cohesity Cloud Protection Service tile on the SSO page.
2. App logo (optional): Click > Browse files and navigate to the location of the logo and select the logo. Click Apply to upload the logo. Click to delete the logo.
3. App Visibility: Leave the default settings for Do not display application icon for users and Do not display application icon in the Okta Mobile app.
4. Click Next.

Click the Configure SAML tab and for SAML Settings do the following:

Single sign on URL: Specify the application URL followed by /idps/authenticate.

For example: https://<cluster_fqdn>/idps/authenticate.

For Helios use, https://helios.cohesity.com/v2/mcm/idp/authenticate.

To find the FQDN and VIP address, log in to Cohesity Data Cloud (Self-managed) and navigate to Settings > Cluster > Networking > VIPs.

The Use this for Recipient URL and Destination URL check box is selected by default.
Audience URI (SP Entity ID): Specify the same URL as above.
Application username: Select your preference.

Under Attribute Statements, map the Email and/or Login SAML attributes to the Okta user profile attributes. If the value is not available in the drop-down list, type it as shown in the table. You can map either or both attributes.

SAML Attribute	Okta User Profile Attribute Value
Email	user.email
Login	user.login

Under Group Attribute Statements (Optional), map the groups attribute to the Okta Filter attribute. (For example, select Starts with and enter cohesity_ to pass any group name that starts with ‘cohesity_’ to Cohesity.) If you want to use an existing group, use a regex to pass all groups.

You should enter "groups" in the name field to map the groups attribute to the Okta Filter attribute.
Click Next.
Click Finish to add the application.

Click the Sign On tab and do the following:
1. Under SAML Setup, located at the right side, click View SAML setup instructions.
  
  The How to Configure SAML 2.0 for <application name> page is displayed.
2. Copy the Identity Provider Single Sign On URL and save it for later use. You will use this URL to enter the Cohesity Single Sign-On URL when you Configure SSO to Cohesity.
  
  A sample URL is shown below.
  
  https://mycompany.okta.com/app/cohesitymycompany_heliosapp/exkhhbyzrgu0YvJFk0h7/sso/saml
3. Copy the Identity Provider Issuer and save it for later use. You will use this URL to enter the Cohesity Provider Issuer ID when you Configure SSO to Cohesity.
  
  A sample URL is shown below.
  
  http://okta.com/exkhhbyzrgu0YvJFk0h7
4. Click Download certificate to download the okta.cert file and note its download location.
5. Convert the downloaded okta.cert file to okta.pem. You will upload this file to Cohesity Cloud Protection Service later.
Click the Assignments tab and do the following:
1. From the Assign drop-down, select Assign to People to assign users to your Cohesity Okta application.
2. From the Assign drop-down, select Assign to Groups to assign groups to the app.

You have now configured the Okta application for Cohesity. You need to add the SSO provider in Cohesity Cloud Protection Service. For more information, see Configure SSO .

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