Add admin host entries

To initially access Access Gateway, you must add admin and gw-admin entries to your local hosts file.

Under macOS and Linux, this file is /etc/hosts
Under Windows, this file is c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

These entries have the following formats:

[IP address of instance] admin

[IP address of instance] gw-admin[.yourdomain.tld]

For example:

# . . .   
# Example IP address of Okta Access Gateway
192.168.32.129	admin
192.168.32.129 gw-admin.mysite.mycompany.com

After adding these entries to the hosts file, the Access Gateway Admin UI console should be reachable using https://admin from a local browser.

Note:

These two entries are used for development purposes only. In production environments, you'd remove the admin entry after initializing the Access Gateway Admin UI console. Additionally, you'd enter the gw-admin entry into DNS. See About Access Gateway DNS use.