Service provider initiated Access Gateway flow
Requests can be initiated to a service provider or using an Okta tenant. This diagram represent an Service provider initiated flow.
| Step |
Description |
|---|---|
| 1 |
User requests application access. |
| 2 | Access Gateway intercepts request and redirects to Okta for SAML assertion. |
| 3 | User (browser) sends SAML AuthN Request to Okta, logs into Okta following Okta policies. |
| 4 | On success, Okta Generates a SAML assertion for Access Gateway. |
| 5 | User (browser) presents SAML assertion to Access Gateway. |
|
6 |
Access Gateway forwards request to protected web resource. |
| 7 |
Protected web resource receives request, and returns response to Access Gateway |
|
8 |
Access Gateway performs any required rewrites and returns response. |