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Configure Onyx with OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication. Available with common identity providers such as Okta and Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD). This guide will walk you through the setup process for Okta. Other identity providers will have a similar process. Please contact us if you need help with a different identity provider.

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Guide

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Create Okta Application

Navigate to the Okta Admin Console → Applications → Create App Integration.Okta Create Integration Page
2

Configure Okta Application

Select OIDC and Web Application.Name your application Onyx.
If you are white-labeling Onyx, you can freely name your application.
Add a Sign-in redirect URI
https://YOUR_ONYX_DOMAIN.com/auth/oidc/callback
Determine whether all users or select groups may access Onyx or skip this step and assign users later.Okta Configure OIDC Application Page
3

Save OIDC Credentials

Create the new Application and save the Client ID and Client Secret.Also note your Okta Base URL in the format of https://<YOUR_ORG_NAME>.okta.com.Okta OIDC Credentials Page
After saving your application, you can upload the Onyx logo or your white-labeled logo by clicking the gear icon next to the app title Onyx
4

Configure Onyx for OIDC

Configure Onyx with the following environment variables in your .env or values.yaml file (Docker and Kubernetes, respectively).
.env
AUTH_TYPE=oidc
OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=<CLIENT_ID_FROM_OKTA>
OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=<CLIENT_SECRET_FROM_OKTA>
OPENID_CONFIG_URL=https://<YOUR_OKTA_BASE_URL>/.well-known/openid-configuration
If you’re using Docker but don’t have a .env file, copy onyx/deployment/docker_compose/env.prod.template to a new .env file in the same directory.
values.yaml
auth:
   secrets:
      OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: <CLIENT_ID_FROM_OKTA>
      OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET:<CLIENT_SECRET_FROM_OKTA>
configMap:
   AUTH_TYPE: oidc
   OPENID_CONFIG_URL: https://<YOUR_OKTA_BASE_URL>/.well-known/openid-configuration