Install the Okta Privileged Access gateway on Ubuntu or Debian

  1. 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

  2. Create a package resource list entry. Replace DISTRIBUTION with the appropriate distribution name such as xenial, jammy, or bullseye. The distribution names for supported platforms are provided in the following.

    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" | 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

    Debian

    Debian 10 buster

    Debian 11 bullseye

  3. Update the list of available packages.

    sudo apt-get update

  4. Search for the Okta Privileged Access packages.

    sudo apt-cache search scaleft

  5. Install the gateway.

    sudo apt-get install scaleft-gateway

Next steps

Create tokens and labels

Configure server settings