Install the Okta Privileged Access server agent on Ubuntu or Debian
- Add the Okta Privileged Access repository key.
curl -fsSL https://dist.scaleft.com/GPG-KEY-OktaPAM-2023 | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/oktapam-2023-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
- Create a package resource list entry.
Replace DISTRIBUTION with the appropriate distribution name, such as xenial, jammy, or bullseye. The distribution name for supported platforms are provided in the following table.
Stable
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oktapam-2023-archive-keyring.gpg] https://dist.scaleft.com/repos/deb DISTRIBUTION okta" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oktapam-stable.list
Preview
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oktapam-2023-archive-keyring.gpg] https://dist.scaleft.com/repos/deb DISTRIBUTION okta-preview" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oktapam-preview.list
Platform
Version
Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Debian
Debian 11 bullseye
Debian 12 bookworm
- Update the list of available packages.
sudo apt-get update
- Search for the Okta Privileged Access packages.
sudo apt-cache search scaleft
- Install the Okta server agent.
sudo apt-get install scaleft-server-tools. The sftd daemon starts automatically.
- Optional. Verify that the daemon is running.
System User Action Systems that use the journald service Enter sudo journalctl -u sftd Systems that don't use the journald service Review the log file located at /var/log/sftd.log