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# Configuring Okta authentication

In order to configure Okta with our services, your institution must create a new **SAML 2.0** application with the following details: 

* **Single sign-on URL:** <https://access.libnova.com/Shibboleth.sso/SAML2/POST>
* **Audience URI (SP Entity ID):** <https://access.libnova.com/shibboleth>&#x20;
* **Default RelayState:** \[leave blank]
* **Name ID format:** Persistent
* **Application username:** Okta username or Email (the value MUST be unique for each user)

![Step 1](/files/MLd7UpT8bKDQS5unFLYx)

![Step 2](/files/DnICsG0LL34astJXhSKG)

![Step 3 - fill in with the above information](/files/GT1QMTZIk4T9OeaP6M4I)

![Step 4](/files/YGZ3wS75ibmNPHk70Aua)

After this is done, please forward us the **IDP Metadata** to complete the integration. To obtain the metadata, follow these steps:

![Step 5](/files/P21amndmcoTjZcsX4M5d)

![Step 6 - Copy the IDP metadata to a text file and save it with a .xml extension.](/files/CEFcX9A9PVsCBrWMtq0r)