Setting up Okta

Suppose that we’ve built an application and we want to add user authentication to it. Let’s see how we can do that in the steps below.

Create an Okta organization

The first thing we need is an organization. As we saw in the previous lessons, an organization is a private data space provided by Okta that holds all the resources we create to handle user authentication.

In this course, we’ll sign up for an Okta developer edition organization. It’s free and also allows up to 100 monthly active users. Follow the given steps to create an organization:

Step 1: Head over to Okta Developer portal and click the “Sign Up” button in the top menu bar.

Step 2: Fill out the sign-up form. You must sign up with your business email.

Step 3: You will receive an email from the Okta Developer team. Click the “Activate” button given in the email to activate your account.

Step 4: You’ll be redirected to the password reset page. Enter a new password for your account to complete the process.

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