Set the Access Gateway instance IP address

The following procedure details how to specify the IP address of the Okta Access Gateway virtual appliance.

  1. Sign in to the Access Gateway Management console.

    Use ssh oag-mgmt@admin. With virtual environments, like Oracle VirtualBox, use the command window provided by the environment.

    Username: oag-mgmt Password: <default-password>

    Change the default password the first time you sign in to Access Gateway Management console. See Sign in for the first time: Access Gateway Management console.

  2. Enter 1 - Network.
  3. Enter 1 - Manage network interfaces.
  4. Enter 1 - eth0.
  5. Enter a - Assign new static IP address.
  6. Enter required IP address details:
    FieldExample
    IP Address192.168.100.1
    Netmask255.255.255.0
    Gateway10.0.0.1
  7. Enter a to abort or c to continue with change.
  8. Enter x to return to the Manage network interfaces menu.

Depending on how the current IP address of Access Gateway is defined you may need to enter the static IP address into either your local (client machine specific) /etc/hosts file or DNS.