Deployment and configuration workflow

The Access Gateway deployment workflow is a series of tasks that you perform to deploy Access Gateway, protect resources, and implement a high performance environment.

The following table lists the workflows tasks in the order that they need to be completed:

Task	Description	Related topics
Review prerequisites	Examine deployment prerequisites to minimize deployment concerns.	Access Gateway deployment prerequisites
Determine capacity	Review capacity requirements to ensure performance.	Capacity planning and Access Gateway
Deploy Access Gateway	Deploy Access Gateway using one of the supported virtualization environments.	Manage Access Gateway deployment
Initialize Access Gateway	Initialize a new Access Gateway instance, including setting password and other initialization.	First login
Configure Okta as an IDP	Configure Access Gateway to use your org as an identity provider.	Configure an Identity Provider in Access Gateway
Optionally configure access to Access Gateway	Configure your Okta org to support administration access to the Access Gateway Admin UI console directly.	Configuring administration access using SAML.
Integrate applications	Applications represent the protected resources behind Access Gateway. During this task we integrate those applications being protected.	Integrate applications with Access Gateway
Configure high availability	Implement an Access Gateway high availability cluster to increase performance and reliability.