Configuring an External Identify Provider

This section provides the instructions to configure an external identity provider, Azure or Okta for your Unified Management account.

To configure an external identity provider for Unified Management

1. Login to SonicWall Unified Management.
2. Navigate to Account > My Profile > Organization Settings.

3. Click Configure External IDP and choose the Identity Provider Organization under Organization Options.

   • Okta Configuration
   • Azure AD Configuration

4. Configure the external identity provider in one of the following ways:

   • Check I have access to OKTA Metadata URL box and enter the Service Provider Metadata URL copied from the external Identify Provider (Okta or Azure AD) application.

     System automatically pull the relevant data and populates in the input fields. For more information about getting metadata URL, refer to below table.

     IdP Protocol	Okta	Azure
     SAML	Okta-SAML Metadata URL	Azure-SAML Metadata URL
     OpenID Connect	Okta-OpenID Metadata URL	Azure-OpenID Metadata URL

   • Manually select the identity provider protocol:

     • Set Authentication Type as Code or Token for OpenID Connect protocol.
     • Fill in the respective fields with information copied from external identity provider application. For more information, refer to the below table.

     IdP Protocol	External IdP application information	Okta	Azure
     SAML	SSO URL	Okta-SAML Manual Configuration Information	Azure-SAML Manual Configuration Information
     	x509 Certificate
     OpenID Connect	Client ID	Okta-OpenID Manual Configuration Information	Azure-OpenID Manual Configuration Information
     	Client Secret
     	Authorization URL

5. Click Connect & Save.