Define application behaviors

Application behaviors define what actions to perform when an event occurs.

Add a behavior to an application

Go to Access Gateway Admin UI console.
Open the application from either the Topology or Applications tab.
In the Settings pane, expand Behaviors.
Choose one of the following custom behaviors:

Login

This behavior allows you to define login endpoints that aid in creating the user session.

Field	Description
Login	Dropdown list box, behavior on login.
Login path	Path to login endpoint URL. Relative or fully qualified depending on use. Executed after successful login. The URL must be unique across Login, Logout, and Error behaviors. Access Gateway doesn't support using the same URL for multiple behaviors. The URL can't overlap with an existing defined policy. See Manage application policies.

Field

Description

Dropdown list box, behavior on login.

Path to login endpoint URL.

Relative or fully qualified depending on use.

Executed after successful login.

The URL must be unique across Login, Logout, and Error behaviors. Access Gateway doesn't support using the same URL for multiple behaviors. The URL can't overlap with an existing defined policy. See Manage application policies.

Dropdown list value	Behavior	Login Path
Don't define login behavior	Default. No specialized login behavior.	Not applicable.
Use Okta Access Gateway login page	When selected, Access Gateway shows the Auth Module login page.	Valid relative path in the protected application. Auth module must refer to a previously defined Auth Module.
Use Application login page	When selected, use the associated unprotected path to an application hosted login page.	Valid relative path in the protected application.
Define a custom login URL	When selected, Access Gateway forwards the user to Custom URL on login.	Login Path must contain a valid relative path in the protected application. Custom URL must contain a valid fully qualified URL executed after successful login.

Logout

This behavior allows you to define logout endpoints that aid in destroying user sessions.

Access Gateway uses the primary email address from the Okta org to create and identify the user session. For security reasons, Okta recommends that you never use the same primary email address in multiple user accounts. Instead, use a unique primary email address for each user account. This prevents all user accounts with the same primary email address in their profile from having their session terminated if any one of those users signs out, or if their session is terminated by Okta, such as when Universal Logout is enabled.

Field	Description
Logout	Dropdown list box, behavior on logout.
Logout path	Path to relative endpoint URL. Redirect to this path on log out as defined by the Logout dropdown. The URL must be unique across Login, Logout, and Error behaviors. Access Gateway doesn't support using the same URL for multiple behaviors. The URL can't overlap with an existing defined policy. See Manage application policies.
Single Logout	Enabled (default): destroy both the Access Gateway and Okta session. Disabled to destroy the Access Gateway session ONLY.
Universal Logout	Enabled: Destroy all of the user's sessions in all applications, and all Access Gateway sessions. Users must sign back in to use Access Gateway or their applications. Universal Logout doesn't sign the user out of Okta. Disabled (default): No sessions are destroyed.
Post Logout URL	Only shown when Define a custom logout URL is selected.

Dropdown list value	Behavior	End page displayed
Show Logout page	Default. Reset Okta and Access Gateway sessions based on the value of Single Logout toggle.	After a session cleanup, display the Access Gateway logout page to show that the logout was successful.
Show Login page	When selected, reset Okta and Access Gateway sessions based on the value of Single logout.	After a session cleanup, Access Gateway will; Single Logout enabled: Okta sign-in displayed. Single Logout disabled: Redirect back to the Access Gateway logout page.
Use Application Logout page	When selected, destroy Okta and Access Gateway sessions based on the value of the Single Logout toggle. The value of the Logout path must be a valid relative path in the protected application.	After session cleanup, Access Gateway displays the page specified by the logout path field. You can use this option if your application already has a logout page or if a custom logic is required for actions taken after the end user logs out. For example, clearing sessions in a third-party service or writing to an external audit log.
Define a custom Logout URL	When selected, destroy Okta and Access Gateway sessions based on the value of Single Logout. The value of the Logout path must be a fully qualified URL.	The URL that end users are directed to after logging out. By default, this is the Post Login value. On log out, redirect to the specified Post Logout URL. Before redirecting this URL the Access Gateway and Okta sessions are destroyed based on specified SLO behavior.
Don't define any logout behavior	Neither the Access Gateway app session nor the Okta session are destroyed on logout.	N/A

Logout state transitions:

Post Logout URL

The default URL that end users are directed to after logout. This defaults to the Post Login value.

Enable the field and enter an appropriate URL. Can be used to redirect the user to a central logout page hosted by the customer, or to direct the end user back to the home page of your company, or something similar.

Error

This behavior allows you to define error endpoints to call when errors occur. Error behavior can be used to redirect the user to a central logout page hosted by the customer, to direct the end user back to the home page of your company, or something similar.

Field	Description
Error	Dropdown list, behavior on error.
Error path	Path to error endpoint URL. It may be relative or fully qualified depending on use. The URL must be unique across Login, Logout, and Error behaviors. Access Gateway doesn't support using the same URL for multiple behaviors. The URL can't overlap with an existing defined policy. See Manage application policies.

Dropdown value	Behavior	Error Path
Use Okta Access Gateway error page	Default. Define an error path for this application. By default, it shows the generic Access Gateway error page.	Not applicable.
Use Application error page	When selected, it displays an application hosted error page. Error path must be a valid path in your application.	Valid relative path that must exist in the protected application.
Define a custom error URL	When selected and the error path is called, it redirects the end user to a specified custom Error path URL path.	In addition to the Error path, enter a fully qualified path that is used as an error handler. Custom URL must contain a valid fully qualified URL. Typically used to execute an error flow.
Don't define any Error Behavior	When selected, Access Gateway doesn't provide any error behavior.	Not applicable.

Error state transitions

No Session/Session Expired

This behavior allows you to define the end user experience when the Access Gateway has no session or the current session expires for this application.

Dropdown list values
Redirect to IDP	Default. End user is redirected to Okta to be re-authenticated. If their Okta session is still active, the end user is silently redirected back to the application with a refreshed application session.
Force reauthentication at IDP	When selected, it redirects the end user to Okta for authentication. The end user is asked to reauthenticate, even if their Okta session is active.
Show default no session page	When selected, it displays the default Access Gateway no session page.
Redirect to custom URL	When selected, it redirects the end user to a specified custom URL. Custom URL/URI must specify a valid URL.

Session state transitions.

Policy Denied

This behavior allows you to define the end user experience when Access Gateway denies access to a resource in the case of a policy failure.

Dropdown list values
Show default policy failure page	Default. Displays the default Access Gateway policy failure page.
Return 403 status code	When selected, return a blank page with HTTP 403 status code.
Redirect to custom URL	When selected, redirect the end user to a specified custom URL on policy denied. Custom URL/URI must specify a valid URL.

Session Integrity Failed

This behavior allows you to define the end user experience when Access Gateway detects a session integrity failure. This is common when end users change networks while maintaining an active application session. Access Gateway fingerprints the remote-IP and denies access.

Dropdown list values
Show default Security warning page	Default. Displays the default Access Gateway security warning page.
Return 405 status code	When selected, it returns a blank page with 405 status code.
Redirect to IDP	When selected, it redirects the end user to a specified custom URL on a session integrity error. Custom URL/URI must specify a valid URL.
Force reauthentication at IDP	Force the end user to re-authenticate. Once re-authenticated will SSO back into application.
Do not enforce	Don't enforce session integrity.

Certificate validation behavior

Certificate validation behavior is an Early Access feature. To enable it, contact Okta Support.

This behavior allows you to define the fields and behaviors used when validating requests using certificate chains.

By specifying incoming and outgoing certificate header fields, and a certificate behavior, you're implicitly defining that the associated application uses Client Certificate chains for additional authentication.

Field	Description
Client Certificate Validation Failed	Dropdown list, behavior on client certificate validation failure.
Custom URL/URI	Path to a custom endpoint. Relative or fully qualified depending on use. Executed only on redirect to a Custom URL.
Incoming Header Field Name	The header attribute containing the PEM format certificate. The value in this attribute is compared to certificate chain certificates.
Outgoing Header Field Name	The header attribute is used to contain the certificate after validation. The value of the incoming header field is copied to the value of this header field on redirect to the requested back and resource.

Client Certificate Validation Failed supports the following:

Dropdown list value	Behavior
Disable certificate checking	Default, certificate checking is disabled for this application.
Redirect the end user to a custom URL	On certificate validation failure, redirect to the URL/URI listed in the Custom URL/URI field.
Return a blank page with an HTTP 405 status code	On certificate validation failure, redirect to a blank (empty) page and return the HTTP 405 status t the caller.
Present a default error page with an "Invalid certificate message"	On certificate validation failure, display the Invalid certificate error page to the end user.

Application Maintenance

This behavior allows you to define the end user experience when the application is in maintenance mode.

Dropdown list values
Default Application Maintenance page	Default. Displays the default Okta Access Gateway application maintenance page.
Redirect to custom URL	When selected, it redirects the end user to a specified custom URL when in maintenance mode. Custom URL/URI must specify a valid URL.

Application Inactive

This behavior allows you to define the end user experience when the application is in inactive mode.

Dropdown list values
Default Application inactive page	Default. Displays the default Access Gateway application inactive page.
Redirect to custom URL	When selected, it redirects the end user to a specified custom URL when the application is inactive. Custom URL/URI must specify a valid URL.

Dropdown list values

Default Application inactive page

Default. Displays the default Access Gateway application inactive page.

Redirect to custom URL

When selected, it redirects the end user to a specified custom URL when the application is inactive.

Custom URL/URI must specify a valid URL.

Application Offline

This behavior allows you to define the end user experience when the application is detected as offline.

Dropdown list values
Default Application inactive page	Default. Displays the default Access Gateway application offline page.
Redirect to custom URL	When selected, it redirects the end user to a specified custom URL when the application is offline. Custom URL/URI must specify a valid URL.