Launch Okta Access Gateway and obtain an Elastic IP address
To complete the Access Gateway import process, you must do the following steps:
Launch an instance
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Navigate to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and sign in with an appropriately privileged account.
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Select Services.
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In the Compute section, select EC2.
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From the navigation pane, go to IMAGES, and click AMIs.
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Select the Okta Access Gateway AMI and click Actions > Launch.
The Launch Instance wizard starts.-
In the Choose an Instance Type select an appropriate type, then click Next: Configure Instance Details.
For development purposes t2.micro is sufficient. Consult the capacity planning pages for instance sizing information. -
Skip forward to security configuration by clicking 6. Configure Security.
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In the configure security step create a new security group containing three rules for SSH, HTTP, and HTTPS with the following values:
Type Protocol Port SSH TCP 22 HTTP TCP 80 HTTPS TCP 443 -
When complete, the new rules should resemble:
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Click Review and Launch.
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Click Launch.
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In the Select an existing keypair dialog box, select Proceed without a Keypair.
- Select the Acknowledge check box and click Launch. It can take anywhere from 3-5 minutes for your instance to launch.
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Click View Instances and wait for the instance to start.
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Obtain an Elastic IP address
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From the navigation pane, got to NETWORK & Security,
- Click Elastic IPs.
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Click Allocate new address.
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.Select Amazon pool and click Allocate. A new address is allocated.
- Click Close.
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Select the row associated with the new Elastic IP address and select Actions > Associate.
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In the Instance drop-down box,select the newly started instance and click Associate.
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Verify that the IP address was associated with the instance by clicking Services > EC2.
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From the navigation pane, got to Instances.
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Click Instances. The newly acquired elastic up address is now associated with the instance.
See
- Launch your instance for more information on launching instances in AWS.
- Elastic IP Addresses for more information on AWS Elastic IP addresses.