LDAP integration features
The following features support integration with LDAP.
| Feature | Supported? | Description |
| Delegated Authentication | No | Ability to authenticate user credentials via LDAP for access into Okta. |
| JIT Authentication | Yes | Ability to authenticate user credentials via LDAP for access into Okta, and update group memberships and profile information before access. For more information, see Add and update end users with Just In Time Provisioning. |
| Instance-level JIT and Delegated Authentication | No | Ability to delegate authentication on a per LDAP-instance level to support more granular authentication scenarios. |
| User import from Directory | Yes | Ability to import user and group details from the directory into Okta. AD supports both full import (full data import) and incremental import (only import changes since last import). For more information, see Import Settings in Install and Configure the Okta Java LDAP Agent. |
| Import filter - OUAn acronym of Organizational Unit. Organizational units are Active Directory containers into which you can place users, groups, computers, and other organizational units. It is the smallest scope or unit to which you can assign Group Policy settings or delegate administrative authority./container selection | No | Ability to filter usersIn Okta literature, we generally refer to "users" as the people who serve as Okta administrators. When we refer to "end users" we are generally referring to the people who the administrators serve. That is, those who use Okta chiclets to access their apps, but have no administrative control. and groupsGroups allow you to organize your end users and the apps they can access. Assigning apps to large sets of end users is made easier with groups. based by specifying an LDAP filter and selecting OUs. |
| Provision to Directory | Yes | Ability to provision user and group details down to LDAP. LDAP supports pushing users, password, and groups down to LDAP from Okta. For more information, see LDAP Configuration and Import Settings in Install and Configure the Okta Java LDAP Agent. |
| Self-Service PW Reset | Yes | Ability to reset LDAP password via Okta. For more information, see Manage people and Okta Self-Service Registration. |
| PW Sync | Yes | Ability to sync AD and Okta password. Read this for more info: Using Sync Password |
| Password Policy | ||
| Minimum Length | Yes | See Security Policies for more info on these. |
| Complexity Requirements | No | See Security Policies for more info on these. |
| Common Password Check | No | See Security Policies for more info on these. |
| Enforce password history for last < X > passwords | No | See Security Policies for more info on these. |
| Password expires after < X > days | No | See Security Policies for more info on these. |
| Prompt user < X > days before password expires | No | See Security Policies for more info on these. |
| Lock out user after < X > unsuccessful attempts | No | See Security Policies for more info on these. |
| Lock out user after < X number of > minutes | No | See Security Policies for more info on these. |
| Show lock out failures | No | See Security Policies for more info on these. |
| Send lock out email to user | No | See Security Policies for more info on these. |
| Password Soft Lock | No | Ability to lock the Okta account of LDAP-mastered users via password policies, without triggering a lock of the user's LDAP account. |
| Password Reset | ||
| Self-service recovery options: Email | Yes | Ability to reset the password through email. For more information, see Factor Type Overview and Configuration in Multifactor Authentication . |
| Self-service recovery options: SMS | Yes | Ability to reset the password through a code sent through text message. For more information, see Enable end user self-service password reset using SMS in Manage people. |
| Self-service recovery options: Voice Call | No | Ability to reset the password through a code sent through voice call. |
| Reset, Unlock recovery emails are valid for < X > minutes | No | Ability to configure how long recovery email tokens are valid for. |
| Additional self-service recovery option: Secret questions | No | Ability to reset the password through security questions. |
| Infrastructure | ||
| Multiple agent polling threads | No | Ability to increase polling threads on the agent. Increases how many requests the agent can handle per second per thread. For more information, see Change the number of Okta Active Directory (AD) agent threads |