Install the Okta Privileged Access server agent on Ubuntu or Debian

1. Add the Okta Privileged Access repository key.

   curl -fsSL https://dist.scaleft.com/GPG-KEY-OktaPAM-2023 | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/oktapam-2023-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null

2. Create a package resource list entry. Replace DISTRIBUTION with the appropriate distribution name, such as xenial, jammy, or bullseye. The distribution name for supported platforms are provided in the following table.

   Stable

   echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oktapam-2023-archive-keyring.gpg] https://dist.scaleft.com/repos/deb DISTRIBUTION okta" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oktapam-stable.list

   Preview

   echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oktapam-2023-archive-keyring.gpg] https://dist.scaleft.com/repos/deb DISTRIBUTION okta-preview" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oktapam-preview.list

   Platform	Version
   Ubuntu	Ubuntu 16.04 xenial Ubuntu 18.04 bionic Ubuntu 20.04 focal Ubuntu 22.04 jammy Ubuntu 24.04 noble
   Debian	Debian 11 bullseye Debian 12 bookworm

3. Update the list of available packages.

   sudo apt-get update

4. Search for the Okta Privileged Access packages.

   sudo apt-cache search scaleft

5. Install the Okta server agent.

   sudo apt-get install scaleft-server-tools. The sftd daemon starts automatically.

6. Optional. Verify that the daemon is running.

   System	User Action
   Systems that use the journald service	Enter sudo journalctl -u sftd
   Systems that don't use the journald service	Review the log file located at /var/log/sftd.log

Next steps

Server Enrollment