Configure the Pulse Connect Secure gateway

This configuration consists of three parts:

Configure a new authentication server

Create or Modify a User Realm

Modify or Confirm the Sign-in Policies

Before you begin

Configure a new authentication server

1. Sign in to the Pulse Connect Secure Administrator Sign-In Page with sufficient privileges.
2. Go to Authentication > Auth Servers,
3. Click New, and then click New Server to define a new authentication server.

   Alternatively, you can edit an existing RADIUS server by selecting it from the list of authentication servers.

   
4. Enter the following values to create a New RADIUS Server.

   Name	Unique name (for example, Okta)
   NAS Identifier	Optional
   RADIUS Server	IP or Name of Okta RADIUS Server Agent
   Authentication Port	The UDP port
   Shared Secret	The secret to access the port
   Server Address	IP or name of Okta RADIUS Server Agent
   Accounting Port	Required, but any value is acceptable
   NAS IPv5 Address	Optional. Shows in the Okta logs, if defined
   Timeout	Recommended: 60 seconds
   Retries	1

5. Optionally. Repeat the settings for a backup server, if required and available.
6. Ignore the RADIUS Accounting section.
7. Expand the Custom RADIUS Rules dropdown list, and then click New RADIUS Rule.
   
8. The following page appears.
   
9. Enter the following values to create a Custom RADIUS Rule.

   Name	Unique name (for example, Okta Challenge Rule).
   If received Radius Response Packet	Select Access Challenge.
   Attribute Criteria	Radius Attribute: select Reply-Message (18). Operand: select matches the expression. Value: leave blank.
   Then take action	Select show Generic Login page.

10. Click Save Changes.
11. Ignore any warnings that the rule isn't specific.
12. Click Save Changes for the new authentication server.

Create a User Realm

1. Go to Users > User Realms.

2. From the Overview view, click New. Alternatively, you can edit an existing authentication realm by selecting it from the list.

   
3. Enter the following values to create a New Authentication Realm.

   Name	Unique name (for example, Okta).
   Description	Optional. Use any desired description.
   Authentication	Okta (or the authentication server name your created earlier).
   User/Directory Attribute	Select Same as Above from the dropdown list.
   Accounting	Select None from the drop-down list.
   Device Attributes	Select None from the dropdown list.

4. Click Save Changes.
5. Optional. Click the Role Mapping tab, and then select Role Mapping from the top menu. The following page appears:
   

   Define user attribute-driven role assignments. Combine this with Advanced Radius settings to enforce dynamic roles for users.

Modify or Confirm the Sign-in Policies

1. Go to Authentication > Signing In > Sign-in Policies.
   

2. Identity the Sign-in Policy to modify or confirm and click the URL to confirm or edit its selected realms.

3. Expand the Authentication realm section of the policy detail page and make changes as needed.